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Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), [1] known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist and songwriter. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. [2] [3] Lincoln made a career out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards, as well as writing and singing her own material.
Abbey Sings Abbey is an album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln.It was recorded during September and November, 2006, at Avatar Studios in New York City; these dates would prove to be Lincoln's final recording sessions prior to her death in 2010.
It's Me is an album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln.It was recorded during November 25–27, 2002, at Sear Sound in New York City, and was released in 2003 by Verve Records and Gitanes Jazz Productions.
The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Because Abbey Lincoln has always been careful to sing songs that have a deep meaning for her, all of her recordings through the years are memorable in their own way; there are no duds in her discography...
Wholly Earth is an album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln.Featuring seven original songs, it was recorded during June 3–5, 1998, at Avatar Studios in New York City, and was released in 1999 by Verve Records and Gitanes Jazz Productions.
Over the Years is an album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln, released in 2000 by Verve Records and Gitanes Jazz Productions. Nine of the album's ten tracks were recorded during February 18–21, 2000, at Right Track Studios in New York City, while the remaining track was recorded on April 23, 2000, at BMG Studios in New York City.
Writing for the New York Times, John S. Wilson described the album as "a very impressive display of Miss Lincoln's talents as a songwriter as well as a singer," and commented: "she sings with a very positive projection, particularly on her own songs, which are imaginatively phrased statements of her feelings — the search for a homeland in her haunting lyric to John Coltrane's 'Africa,' and ...
Who Used to Dance is an album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln.It was recorded during April and May, 1996, at Clinton Recording Studios in New York City, and was released in 1997 by Verve Records and Gitanes Jazz Productions.