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  • Abbey Lincoln, Golden Lady, 1981 on Inner City

    Abbey Lincoln, Golden Lady, 1981 on Inner City

    Originally issued by Blue Marge in France under the name Painted Lady (Abbey Lincoln in Paris), the first US issue was on Inner City Records under the name Golden Lady. Aminata Moseka, the name she adopted in the mid seventies, also appears in a parenthetical on the cover, along with Archie Shepp who accompanies her.…

  • Abbey Lincoln, Abbey is Blue, 1960 on Riverside

    Abbey Lincoln, Abbey is Blue, 1960 on Riverside

    I first discovered Abbey Lincoln via Vinyl Me Please’s reissue of It’s Magic from 1958, in the VMP Classics Series. This album was a followup to that, her fourth full-length album and the third on Riverside. Musicians here include Stanley Turrentine, his broth Tommy Turrentine (on trumpet), Max Roach (to whom Lincoln was later married),…

  • Abbey Lincoln, It’s Magic, 1958 on Riverside.

    Abbey Lincoln, It’s Magic, 1958 on Riverside.

    Abbey Lincoln, It’s Magic, 1958 on Riverside. Lincoln’s third LP and second on Riverside. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue and is a fantastic pressing.