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Abbey Lincoln (born August 6 1930 as Anna Marie Wooldridge) vanguard jazz vocalist, songwriter and actress. Founding her own autonomy as an artist, she was engaged in the black power movement in the 60ies, artistically manifested in the great “We insist! Freedom now” album (1960) with her later husband and musical partner Max Roach and other musicians like Booker Little and Coleman Hawkins. Maybe the importance of the song “Love For Sale” for her is comparable to that of “Strange Fruit” for Billie Holiday: sovereign expression of a both political and artistic revolt.

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1	Throw It Away full track	279
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6	Down Here Below full track	178
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pelonita wrote:
May 2009

the version of "throw it away" on here is actually from "abbey sings abbey" album. the original version from the "a turtle's dream" album is way better (in my opinion). pat metheny does a gorgeous solo, the cello/strings are beautiful, it's perfection!

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sam_shpaid wrote:
March 2009

gloomy sunday s the best one :) u gotta love it

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staytooned wrote:
January 2009

gotdamn!!!

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ilya-fm wrote:
January 2009

хороша и душевна

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milama wrote:
October 2008

simply beautiful

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
September 2008

brand new group with abbey lincoln : jazz lounge

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lklopotowski wrote:
September 2008

abbey rocks

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BlindWilliam wrote:
February 2008

'fyou're posting these soulful tunes on your charts, bring the vibe over to Great Black Music. You gotta pay the band that played the song. P E A C E > bw

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Similans wrote:
May 2007

Her new album, Abbey Sings Abbey, is just great!

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