Abbey Lincoln

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Abbey Lincoln (born August 6 1930 as Anna Marie Wooldridge) vanguard jazz vocalist, songwriter and actress. Founding her own autonomy as an artist, she was engaged in the black power movement in the 60ies, artistically manifested in the great “We insist! Freedom now” album (1960) with her later husband and musical partner Max Roach and other musicians like Booker Little and Coleman Hawkins. Maybe the importance of the song “Love For Sale” for her is comparable to that of “Strange Fruits” for Billie Holiday: sovereign expression of a both political and artistic revolt.

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jazz, female vocalists, vocal jazz, jazz vocal, blues
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milama wrote:
October 2008

simply beautiful

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
September 2008

brand new group with abbey lincoln : jazz lounge

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lklopotowski wrote:
September 2008

abbey rocks

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BlindWilliam wrote:
February 2008

'fyou're posting these soulful tunes on your charts, bring the vibe over to Great Black Music. You gotta pay the band that played the song. P E A C E > bw

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Similans wrote:
May 2007

Her new album, Abbey Sings Abbey, is just great!

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