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Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), known by her stage name Abbey Lincoln, was an African-American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress, who wrote and performed her own compositions. She was a civil rights advocate and activist from the 1960s on. Lincoln made a career not only out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards but writing and singing her own material as well.
Discography
1956: Abbey Lincoln's Affair: A Story of a Girl in Love (Liberty) with arrangements by Benny Carter and Marty Paich
1957: That's Him! (Riverside)
1958: It’s Magic (Riverside)
1959: Abbey Is Blue (Riverside)
1961: Straight Ahead (Candid)
1973: People in Me (Inner City, 1978, CD-re-release on Verve 1993) with Dave Liebman, Al Foster a.o.
1980: Painted Lady (recorded live in Paris, Marge (F), US-release on Inner City as Golden Lady) featuring Archie Shepp
1983: Talking to the Sun (Enja) with Steve Coleman, James Weidman (piano), Mark Johnson (drums), Jerry Gonzalez (perc) a.o.
1987: Abbey Sings Billie, Vol. 1 & 2 (Enja) with Harold Vick (tenor), J. Weidman, Tarik Shah (bass), M. Johnson
1990: The World Is Falling Down (Polydor (F)/Verve) with Jackie McLean, Clark Terry a.o.
1991: You Gotta Pay the Band (Gitanes/Verve) with Stan Getz, Hank Jones, Charlie Haden, Marc Johnson, Maxine Roach
1992: Devil’s Got Your Tongue (Gitanes/Verve) with Rodney Kendrick a.o.
1992: When There Is Love (Gitanes/Verve), Duo album with Hank Jones
1993: The Music Is the Magic (recorded live at Sweet Basil; ITM) with Rodney Kendrick, Michael Bowie, Yoron Israel
1994: A Turtle’s Dream (Gitanes/Verve) with Victor Lewis, Roy Hargrove, Pat Metheny a.o.
1996: Who Used to Dance (Gitanes/Verve) with Marc Cary, Graham Haynes, Steve Coleman, Oliver Lake a.o.
1998: Wholly Earth (Polydor/Verve) with Bobby Hutcherson, Nicholas Payton a.o.
2000: Over the Years (Gitanes/Verve) with Joe Lovano a.o.
2002: It's Me (Verve) with Kenny Barron, Julien Lourau, James Spaulding a.o.
2007: Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve) with Larry Campbell, Gil Goldstein a.o.
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