Abbey Lincoln | The Classic Albums 1957-1961 (3cd) | 3CD

Abbey Lincoln was the professional name of Anna Marie Wooldridge, an American jazz vocalist. She was a civil rights activist from the 1960s and made a career of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards, as well as writing and singing her own material.

The Classic Albums 1957-1961 is a three disc CD compilation of six original LPs by Abbey Lincoln, released on the Enlightenment Series label on 1 November 2024. The set brings together recordings from 1957 to 1961, spread across three CDs.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Love Walked In
2. I Didn't Know About You
3. Would I Love You
4. I Wake Up Smiling
5. This Can't Be Love
6. Crazy He Calls Me
7. Two Cigarettes in the Dark
8. The Masquerade Is Over
9. Take Me in Your Arms
10. Together
11. Affair
12. No More
13. Strong Man
14. Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe
15. My Man
16. Tender As a Rose
17. That's Him
18. I Must Have That Man!
19. Porgy
20. When a Woman Loves a Man
21. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
22. Don't Explain

Disc 2

1. I Am in Love
2. It's Magic
3. Just for Me
4. An Occasional Man
5. Ain't Nobody's Business
6. Out of the Past
7. Music, Maestro, Please!
8. Love
9. Exactly Like You
10. Little Niles
11. Afro Blue
12. Lonely House
13. Let Up
14. Thursday's Child
15. Brother, Where Are You?
16. Laugh, Clown, Laugh
17. Come Sunday
18. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
19. Lost in the Stars
20. As Long As You're Living

Disc 3

1. Straight Ahead
2. When Malindy Sings
3. In the Red
4. Blue Monk
5. Left Alone
6. African Lady
7. Retribution
8. Sophisticated Lady
9. Jordu
10. Love for Sale
11. As Long As You're Living
12. Who Will Buy
13. Mop Mop
14. This Night Mountain