Straight Ahead (1961) (Reissued)

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Product Summary Label: Candid-Navarre UPC: 00708857901524 Release Date: 1/25/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60381981 Item#: MLM233 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Straight Ahead ~ Abbey Lincoln 2. When Malindy Sings ~ Abbey Lincoln 3. In The Red ~ Abbey Lincoln 4. Blue Monk ~ Abbey Lincoln 5. Left Alone ~ Abbey Lincoln 6. African Lady ~ Abbey Lincoln 7. Retribution ~ Abbey Lincoln   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Abbey Lincoln (vocals); Coleman Hawkins, Walter Benton (tenor saxophone); Booker Little (trumpet); Julian Priester (trombone); Eric Dolphy (reeds); Mal Waldron (piano); Art Davis (bass); Max Roach (drums); Roger Sanders, Robert Whitley (congas). Recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios, New York, New York on February 22, 1961. Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff. STRAIGHT AHEAD was recorded in 1961 and was Abbey Lincoln's fifth album in as many years. Though she was only 31 when this set was recorded, Lincoln already possessed great confidence and a powerfully emotive voice. She's surrounded by a superlative cast of players, including Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Coleman Hawkins, Booker Little, Mal Waldron, and Julian Priester. As Lincoln shifts from playfulness to melancholy, and anger to romance, the band is right with her. The rhythmic support is supple and the soloing is full of emotional resonance and invention, free of needless filigree. One highlight takes place in "When Malindy Sings" (a song based on a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar), as Dolphy's flute flies in after the conclusion of Little's trumpet solo. Though Abbey Lincoln's entire catalog is particularly strong, this album deserves special attention. Engineer: Bob D'Orleans Musical Guests Eric Dolphy Coleman Hawkins Max Roach Mal Waldron Booker Little Julian Priester Art Davis   Compilation Appearances Capitol Sings George Gershwin Percussion Bitter Sweet Jazz For Joy-Verve Christmas A Complete Rodgers & Hart Songbo Riverside Records Story Nea Jazz Masters Paris Fetiche: french Classic Rendez-V Get Happy: harold Arlen Centennial Cel Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration Jazz Artist Guild Jazz Vocalists: Hear & Now Jazz Divas Gold Jazz Lullaby   Associated Artists and Works Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric, i Percussion Bitter Sweet ~ Roach, Max   Technical Info Release Date : 01/25/2000 Original Release Date : 1961 Catalog ID : 79015 Label : Candid Records Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 39m : 14s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00708857901524    Product Image