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Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Sings Abbey
Release Date: 2007 05 22
Label: Verve
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Vocalist Abbey Lincoln's voice is the sound of the earth yearning for your soul. She is lust turned to wisdom. She is diva turned to soothsayer. In her mid-seventies at the time of this recording, Lincoln is the embodiment of a life lived as a performer and lover and now a storyteller through song. Abbey Sings Abbey finds the songstress revisiting a number of her own compositions from past albums. And while she remains a pre-eminent jazz singer, here she has surrounded herself with an eclectic and organic small group that imbues these tracks with a soft country-blues meets klezmer sound that rubs elegantly against Lincoln's burnished vocals. This is a beautifully raw and intimate album full of lament and the faint perfume of romance. As she sings on "Should've Been," "It's the sound of sorry/Looking yonder with regret. Sorry 'cause of what you got/And what you didn't get." These are enigmatic torch songs and playful blues, dark elegies and poignant ballads all featuring Lincoln's own devastatingly precise lyrics and melodies that hint at not just death and regret, but also a lingering passion for life. Matt Collar, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Blue MonkMonk, Lincoln5:15
2Throw It AwayLincoln5:19
3And It's Supposed to Be LoveLincoln4:47
4Should've BeenLincoln5:28
5World Is Falling DownLincoln3:41
6Bird AloneLincoln4:57
7Down Here BelowLincoln6:33
8Music Is the MagicLincoln3:54
9Learning How to ListenLincoln4:38
10Merry DancerLincoln6:30
11Love Has Gone AwayLincoln4:41
12Being MeLincoln3:55







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