mjzee Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 WSJ: Abbey Lincoln, Soulful Jazz Vocalist, Dies at 80 Quote
Larry Kart Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 She was a special human at a necessary time. Agreed, but wasn't her relation to the beat often rather approximate -- essentially that of the declamatory cabaret singer she was in the mid-1950s? It's not that she didn't "swing"(though I don't recall she really did; her interests seemed to lie elsewhere) but rather IMO that her approach was more or less dramatic, not musical. I'm not a Lincoln scholar by any means, but I've heard more than few performances where she and the musicians seem to be inhabiting two different (and to my taste, incompatible) worlds. Quote
Joe Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 How I'd like to remember Abbey... Living Room Quote
JSngry Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 How I'd like to remember Abbey... Living Room This is how I will remember Abbey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n5Lx-qb4R0 Quote
mjzee Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 On the inside foldout cover to the Inner City release of People In Me, there were some cool pictures of Abbey with Miles Davis. Miles is wearing those octagon glasses that are on the cover of Get Up With It. Evidently, Abbey accompanied Miles on a Japanese tour, and it was on that tour that she recorded People In Me (Dave Liebman, Al Foster and Mtume are in the band for that, along with some Japanese musicians). Did Miles play some role in getting Abbey to perform again? Quote
Peter Friedman Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 (edited) Just pulled out my two favorite CDs by Abby Lincoln. "You Gotta Pay The Band" with Stan Getz, Hank Jones, Charlie Haden, Mark Johnson & Maxine Roach "The World Is Falling Down" with Clark Terry, Jackie Mclean, Alain Jean-Marie, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins Plan to play them soon. R.I.P. Edited August 15, 2010 by Peter Friedman Quote
John L Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 RIP. This one is particularly sad. Abbey Lincoln was always so alive, so large a presence. That big smile of hers could really pick you up. It is hard to imagine that she not longer inhabits this earth. As a singer, she was quite unique. I am a big fan. Quote
MartyJazz Posted August 15, 2010 Report Posted August 15, 2010 Fortunately, got to see her perform on quite a few occasions from the mid '70s always in NYC until, most recently at the Mt Hood JF outside of Portland in '04. Particularly enjoyed her at a concert featuring 2 "jazz divas", i.e., she and Shirley Horn, in separate sets at Lincoln Center around '91 or so. Even got to see her perform once in a straight, non-musical, play at the Henry Street Settlement on NYC's lower east side. Always a very honest, and emotionally generous performer. Very sad to hear of her departure. Quote
brownie Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 I go away for a nice weekend and what do I face when I get back... Herman Leonard is gone! Abbey Lincoln is gone! I returned with a smiling face and now my heart is so sad! Quote
Hot Ptah Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 I saw her live in a theater in the early 1990s. For some reason she stared right into my eyes when she sang. It was very powerful. Quote
Tribute Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 Abbey Lincoln gave a concert in Albany, New York in the mid 1990's. The concert was sponsored by the New York State Black Political Caucus (all African American State Senators and Assemblymen and their staffs. The Black Political Caucus reserved the entire center section of the theater for themselves and made the ticket holder/music fans sit in the wings. During the concert, the caucus drank from bottles poured at their seats, guffawed and yelled and caroused and paid no attention to Abbey Lincoln while she sang. They got up and left in droves during her show, right in her face. Abbey struggled, but gave a phenomenal and intense performance. I met her as she left the stage. Abbey was in tears and crying for quite a bit after the show. Quote
mikeweil Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 Heard it in the cultural news of our local radio station this afternoon while driving, and while on the way home I caught the Monday evening jazz special they dedicated to her, including some interview passages - German writer Christian Broecking had been able to visit her while she was still in her own home a year ago. Very moving to hear her talking so frankly about the drawbacks after cutting the Freedom Now Suite. She probably was the first jazz singer I really got a message from - I cherish her Candid album, which I played every day after I got it back in the late '70's - thanks for a great life in music.  Quote
Denis Posted August 16, 2010 Report Posted August 16, 2010 RIP It seems like everyone is going somewhere else ... Denis Quote
david weiss Posted August 20, 2010 Report Posted August 20, 2010 (edited) This one hurts.... I got to work with Abbey on her CD Over The Years. I was to write out charts of her tunes for the band. I went over her house almost everyday for a few weeks and she would play her tunes on the piano (she had a great piano style, minimalist voicings but of a clarity that really worked) and I would tape them and then go home and transcribe them and bring them back and go over them with her. We worked a few hours a day and then we would sit and talk for hours as she had a few cognacs. She was one of the most amazing people I have ever met. In addition to be the great singer/musician/composer she was, she was also a great artist. Her artwork was on display around the apartment. She also made amazing dolls. Again quite a person. The record date went well and that was that. I didn't know what to do next. We spent a lot of time together working on the music for the album and seemed to have a good rapport but when it was over, what was I to do, call her up and invite for a drink or dinner? Music relationships can be strange that way, once the work is finished, that's usually it. I never did anything, ran into her a couple of times at various functions. She was always nice and gracious. She was a wonderful person and this is a huge loss Edited August 21, 2010 by david weiss Quote
stevebop Posted August 21, 2010 Report Posted August 21, 2010 Abbey celebrated her 80th birthday on Friday August 6th. I featured her music that night for four hours. Here is the playlist. I'm so glad I got to play her music, not as a memorial, but as a birthdy celebration. I would have played a memorial also, as so many others have: Jazz on WGBH with Steve Schwartz Aug 06, 2010 8:00PM - 12:00AM ABBEY AT 80 (b. 8/6/1930) 8:00PM The Music is The Magic Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Abbey Sings Abbey Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve 8:09PM I Got Thunder (And It Rings) Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: The World is Falling Down Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do Name: Eric Dolphy Name of CD: Candid Dolphy Composer: Porter; Grainger Track Label: Candid Notes: featuring Abbey Lincoln Sophisticated Lady Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Painted Lady Composer: D. Ellington Track Label: ITM Records 8:36PM Caged Bird Name: Steve Wilson Name of CD: Soulful Song Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: MaxJazz Notes: Featuring Rene Marie Throw It Away Name: Marc Cary Name of CD: Listen Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Arabesque Blue Monk Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Straight Ahead Composer: T. Monk; A. Lincoln Track Label: Candid 8:43PM Tender is A Rose Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: THat's Him! Composer: P. Moore Track Label: Riverside I Must Have That Man Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: THat's Him! Composer: Fields; McHugh Track Label: Riverside Afro-Blue Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Abbey Is Blue Composer: Brown; Mann Track Label: Riverside Come Sunday Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Abbey Is Blue Composer: D. Ellington Track Label: Riverside I Am in Love Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: It's Magic Composer: C. Porter Track Label: Riverside Love Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: It's Magic Composer: Blane; MAtrin Track Label: Riverside 9:24PM Not to Worry Name: Judi Silvano Name of CD: Women's Work Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: JSL Records Should've Been Name: Kelly Johnson Name of CD: Home Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Sapphire Bird Alone Name: Sheila Jordan Name of CD: Jazz Child Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: HighNote 9:45PM Bird Alone Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: You Gotta Pay The Band Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve Notes: featuring Stan Getz Throw it Away Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: A Turtle's Dream Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve And It's Supposed to Be Love Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Wholly Earth Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve 10:09PM Love Walked In Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Affair Composer: Gershwin Track Label: Capitol Crazy He Calls Me Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Affair Composer: Russell; Sigman Track Label: Capitol Warm Valley Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Affair Composer: D. Ellington Track Label: Capitol You Do Something To Me Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Affair Composer: C> Porter Track Label: Capitol Do Nothin 'till You Hear from Me Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Affair Composer: D. Ellington Track Label: Capitol Lonesome Cup of Coffee Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Affair Composer: B. Russell Track Label: Capitol 10:28PM The World is Falling Down; Learning How to Listen; Being Me Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Abbey Sings Abbey Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve 10:42PM Down Here Below Name: Jeffrey Smith Name of CD: Down Here Below Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve When I'm Called Home Name: Rodney Kendrick Name of CD: We Don't Die We Multiply Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve Throw It Away Name: Mili Bermejo; Dan Greenspan Name of CD: Duo Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: GM Recordings 11:03PM Driva' Man Name: Max Roach Name of CD: We Insist-Freedom Now Suite Composer: Roach; Brown Track Label: Candid African Lady Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Straight Ahead Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Candid Lonesome Lover Name: Max Roach Name of CD: It's Time Composer: M. Roach; A. Lincoln Track Label: Impulse 11:23PM Strange Fruit Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Abbey Sings Billie Composer: Allen Track Label: Enja You and Me Love Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: People in Me Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve Talking to The Sun Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: Talking to The Sun Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Enja Wholly Earth Name: Frank Morgan Name of CD: A Lovesome Thing Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Antilles Notes: featuring Abbey Lincoln The Nearness of You Name: Abbey Lincoln; Hank Jones Name of CD: When There is Love Composer: Washington; Carmichael Track Label: Verve 11:54PM They Call it Jazz Name: Abbey Lincoln Name of CD: It's Me Composer: A. Lincoln Track Label: Verve Quote
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