Abbey Lincoln - Over the Years (2000)

Artist: Abbey Lincoln
Title Of Album: Over the Years
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Verve / Universal (314 549 101-2)
Country: USA (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue+.log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 51:02
Total Size: 317 MB (Scans)


Review by Dave Nathan:
Recorded mostly in New York, Over the Years is aimed at summing up Abbey Lincoln's long career. Joining her are excellent, but not so well-known performers, plus the giant sax player Joe Lovano. But it is Lincoln's special interpretative powers that carry the day, as one would expect. The play list is rather unusual even for an iconoclast like Lincoln. There are tunes from the 1940s, traditional material, some romantic standards, and her own compositions. "Lucky to Be Me," from the musical On the Town, features some ear-catching work by the rhythm section of Brandon McCune, John Ormond, and Jaz Sawyer. Another fine track is the traditional "Blackberry Blossoms" to which Lincoln has added her own lyrics. She is ably supported on this cut by guest tenor player Joe Lovano and guest guitarist Kendra Shank, who is also a singer of note. The album's coda is appropriate as Lincoln sings "Tender As a Rose" a cappella, letting her vocal chords stand on their own without benefit of instrumental accompaniment as she ends it with "as that's the way the story goes."

Tracklist:

01. When the Lights Go on Again (5:53)
02. Blackberry Blossoms (4:09)
03. Somos Novios (6:12)
04. A Heart Is Not a Toy (4:14)
05. I Could Sing It for a Song (4:20)
06. I'm Not Supposed to Know (3:59)
07. Windmills of Your Mind (5:02)
08. Lucky to Be Me (7:30)
09. What Will Tomorrow Bring (6:26)
10. Tender as a Rose (3:18)

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Abbey Lincoln - vocals
Brandon McCune - piano
John Ormond - bass
Jaz Sawyer - drums
Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone (#1,2,5-7,9)
Jerry Gonzalez - trumpet (#3,6)
Kendra Shank - guitar (#2)
Jennifer Vincent - cello (#1,9)

Recorded at Right Track Studio, New York City on February 18-21, 2000, except #10, recorded at BMG Studios on April 23, 2000.


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