For many years, Abbey Lincoln has been recognized as a strong and strong-minded, racially aware, and rhythmically secure artist. But early in her career, as a striking-looking young woman making the transition from being a sleek supper-club performer, it was difficult to gain acceptance as a true jazz singer. This seems hard to understand now, listening to her treatments of material by Duke Ellington and Kurt Weill, accompanied by a galaxy of players like Max Roach, Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton, Kenny Dorham, Stanley Turrentine, Sam Jones, and Philly Joe Jones.

Abbey Lincoln Abbey Is Blue Track Listing:

 1. Afro-Blue 
 2. Lonely House 
 3. Let Up 
 4. Thursday's Child 
 5. Brother, Where Are You? 
 6. Laugh, Clown, Laugh 
 7. Come Sunday 
 8. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise 
 9. Lost In The Stars 
10. Long As You're Living