Search results for "Abbey Lincoln"

Abbey Lincoln: Blue Monk (2006) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 05, 08

Blue Monk" took on the self-righteous severity of a lecture by Emma Goldman. For her album Straight Ahead, Lincoln pa...

Abbey Lincoln: Throw It Away (2006) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

“Throw it Away” is Lincoln’s best-known composition, and has gradually become a jazz standard. But nobody sings it ...

Kendra Shank: Incantation / Throw It Away (Rating: 79/100) posted in Music December 27, 07

One can only applaud the idea of a tribute album featuring Abbey Lincoln's songs -- especially when Lincoln is still ...

Max Roach-Abbey Lincoln: Triptych: Prayer / Protest / Peace (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 15, 09

First and foremost, this recording was really important because of its social implications. The liner notes begin wit...

Abbey Lincoln: A Child is Born (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

This reading of Thad Jones’s standard has a sedate, introspective quality, and the solos from Johnson and Kendrick ar...

Max Roach: All Africa (from Freedom Now Suite) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 27, 07

The horns only make the briefest appearance on this movement from Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite. We open with Abbey ...

Max Roach: Garvey's Ghost (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 15, 09

This is one of my favorite cuts of music of all time. It’s another example of how the title really speaks to what’s h...

Weidman, James (James Edward Weidman Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Weidman, James [James Edward Weidman Jr.], piano; b. Youngstown, OH, 23 July 1953. He's studied with Tony Leonardi a...

Walton, Cedar (Anthony, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Pianist Cedar Walton has displayed throughout his fifty-year career a deep melodic sensibility within the hard bop la...

Coleman, Steve posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Coleman, Steve, alto saxophonist, composer, band leader. Steve began playing music just days before his 14th birthda...

Where Copyright Goes Wrong posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 09, 08

Jazz.com's ever-vigilant resident curmudgeon, Alan Kurtz, has a typically contrarian take on copyright laws. Co...

McBride, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McBride, Christian, bassist; b. Philadelphia, PA, 31 May 1972. His mother is Renee McBride and his father is Lee Smit...

Something Old, Something New posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 27, 07

One of the challenges in covering the jazz world – by blog or review, or with a comprehensive web site – is balancing...

Shank, Kendra posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Shank, Kendra (Ann), vocalist, guitarist, percussionist; b. Woodland, CA, 23 April 1958. Lived in Davis, CA until ...

Waldron, Mal (Malcom Earl) posted in Encyclopedia May 18, 09

Mal Waldron’s piano style – dense, roomy and roguish – made him one of the few who managed to fully absorb Thelonious...

Weiss, David (A.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Weiss, David (A.), trumpeter, composer, arranger; b. New York City, 21 October 1964. Began piano lessons at the age o...

Israel, Yoron (Dael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Israel, Yoron (Dael), drummer, percussionist, composer, educator; b. Chicago, IL, 24 November 1963. He received his M...

Cugny, Laurent posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cugny, Laurent, composer, pianist-keyboardist, author; b. La Garenne-Colombes, France, 14 April 1955. In 1965  h...

Schwarz-Bart, Jacques (aka Brother Jacques) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Schwarz-Bart, Jacques (aka Brother Jacques), tenor sax, composer; Born in the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe, Brot...

Davis, Art (Arthur D.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Davis, Art (Arthur D.), bassist; b. Harrisburg, PA, 5 December, 1934, d. Long Beach, CA, 29 July, 2007. In interviews...

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