Annotation
Label: Riverside - Catalog #: RLP-12-308 - Format: LP (initial release)
Label: Riverside - Catalog #: RLP-1153 - Format: LP
Label: Riverside/OJC - Catalog #: OJC 069 - Format: LP
Label: Riverside/OJC - Catalog #: OJC20 069-2 - Format: CD (1987)
Recording Date:
#7-#9, 1959/03/25
#4-#5, 1959/03/26
#2, 1959/05/12
#1, #3, #6, #10, 1959/11
Location:
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Additional:
Two more tracks were recorded on the 26th: Hum Drum Blues and I'll Drown In My Own Tears. The original release date for the album is 1959 and the release wiki is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Is_Blue
Tracklist
CD 1 | |||
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# | Title | Rating | Length |
1 | Afro-Blue |
3:21 | |
2 | Lonely House |
3:42 | |
3 | Let Up |
5:32 | |
4 | Thursday's Child |
3:33 | |
5 | Brother, Where Are You? |
3:12 | |
6 | Laugh, Clown, Laugh |
5:26 | |
7 | Come Sunday |
5:15 | |
8 | Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise |
2:48 | |
9 | Lost in the Stars |
4:12 | |
10 | Long as You're Living |
2:33 |
Credits
CD 1
recorded in: | |
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trumpet: |
Kenny Dorham (1959)
(tracks 2, 4, 7–9)
Tommy Turrentine (1959)
(tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
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drums: |
Max Roach (1959)
(tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
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flute: |
Les Spann (1959)
(track 5)
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guitar: |
Les Spann (1959)
(tracks 2, 4, 7–9)
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double bass: |
Bobby Boswell (1959)
(tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
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piano: |
Wynton Kelly (1959)
(tracks 2, 4)
Cedar Walton (1959)
(tracks 3, 6)
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tenor saxophone: |
Stanley Turrentine (1959)
(tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
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trombone: |
Julian Priester (1959)
(tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
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arranger: |
Bernd Heitzler
(track 8)
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composer: |
Oscar Brown Jr.
(track 10)
Murray Grand
(track 4)
Julian Priester
(track 10)
Mongo Santamaría
(track 1)
Tommy Turrentine
(track 10)
Kurt Weill
(tracks 2, 9)
Sigmund Romberg (1928)
(track 8)
|
engineer: | |
lyricist: |
Maxwell Anderson
(track 9)
Elisse Boyd
(track 4)
Langston Hughes
(track 2)
Oscar Hammerstein II (1928)
(track 8)
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producer: |
Jean-Philippe Allard
(tracks 3, 7)
Orrin Keepnews
(tracks 1–10)
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vocals: |
Abbey Lincoln (1959)
(tracks 1–10)
|
publisher: |
Bambalina Music Publishing Company
(track 8)
Chappell & Co., Inc.
(track 9)
Chappell Music Ltd.
(track 8)
Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
(track 9)
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sampled by: | |
arrangements: | |
cover recording of: |
Lonely House (1959)
(track 2)
|
later translated versions: |
夏にしとくれ
(track 8)
|
part of: |
Lost in the Stars, Act I
(track 9)
The New Moon: Act I
(track 8)
|
recording of: |
Afro Blue (1959)
(track 1)
Come Sunday (1959)
(track 7)
Long as You're Living (1959)
(track 10)
Thursday’s Child (1959)
(track 4)
|
Release
trumpet: |
Kenny Dorham
|
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drums: |
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer)
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flute and guitar: |
Les Spann
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double bass: |
Sam Jones (jazz bassist)
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piano: |
Wynton Kelly
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vocals: |
Abbey Lincoln
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Allmusic: |
http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0003691851 [info]
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Discogs: |
https://www.discogs.com/release/5505219 [info]
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Release Group
Discogs: |
https://www.discogs.com/master/289638 [info]
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other databases: |
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/abbey_lincoln/abbey_is_blue/ [info]
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