Abbey Is Blue

~ Release by Abbey Lincoln (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Afro Blue
cover recording of:
Afro Blue
composer:
Mongo Santamaría (Cuban jazz percussionist)
publisher:
Mongo Music
3:21
2Lonely House
cover recording of:
Lonely House (from “Street Scene”)
lyricist:
Langston Hughes
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
is based on:
Street Scene: Act I. No. 10 "Lonely House" (Sam Kaplan)
3:42
3Let Up
recording of:
Let Up
lyricist and composer:
Abbey Lincoln
5:32
4Thursday’s Child
recording of:
Thursday’s Child
lyricist:
Elisse Boyd
composer:
Murray Grand
3:33
5Brother, Where Are You?
recording of:
Brother Where Are You?
writer:
Oscar Brown Jr. and Norman Curtis
arranger:
Stefan Lievestro (Dutch jazz bassist)
3:12
6Laugh, Clown, Laugh
cover recording of:
Laugh! Clown! Laugh!
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
5:26
7Come Sunday
cover recording of:
Come Sunday
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
part of:
Black, Brown, and Beige (1958 revised version of the "Black, Brown, and Beige" suite)
5:15
8Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
cover recording of:
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (The New Moon)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
part of:
The New Moon: Act I
2:48
9Lost In the Stars
cover recording of:
Lost in the Stars (Song, Ulysses Africanus)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
part of:
Lost in the Stars, Act I
4:12
10Long as You’re Living
cover recording of:
Long as You’re Living
composer:
Oscar Brown Jr., Julian Priester and Tommy Turrentine
2:36
11Straight Ahead
recording of:
Straight Ahead
writer:
Earl Baker, Abbey Lincoln and Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist)
is based on:
Straight Ahead
5:28
12When Malindy Sings
cover recording of:
When Malindy Sings
lyricist:
Paul Laurence Dunbar
composer:
Oscar Brown Jr.
4:09
13In the Red
recording of:
In the Red
writer:
Chips Bayen, Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)
8:35
14Blue Monk
cover recording of:
Blue Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
6:42
15Left Alone
cover recording of:
Left Alone
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist)
6:52
16African Lady
recording of:
African Lady
writer:
Langston Hughes and Randy Weston
3:50
17Retribution
recording of:
Retribution
writer:
Abbey Lincoln and Julian Priester
3:49