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| | It's Magic | | | Music Artist : | | Abbey Lincoln | | Music Style : | | Traditional Vocal Pop | | Record Label : | | Riverside | | Release Date : | | 1958-01-01 | | Store Price : | | $12.97 | | Artistopia's Price: $12.97 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. I Am in Love
2. It's Magic
3. Just for Me
4. 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
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Beatific
Submitted on: 2009-06-08 |
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| Gazzelloni does a pretty definitive job reviewing this album, but it's still hard to put into words what's appealing about Abbey Lincoln. At first blush, she's sort of Billie Holiday-lite, or a less earthy version of Dinah Washington, a bluesy pop singer hanging out with jazzbos. But then Abbey almost seems like a folk singer, albeit with jazz accompaniment. She has this clear enunciation and a way of bringing the characters in her songs to life. In another era, she might have been Joan Baez or Joni Mitchell. She really draws you into the words, the stories of the songs, more than do Billie or Ella or Sarah. But there's more to it still: after a few listens to It's Magic, you realise there are real fine jazz chops here, a real feeling for time and how to emphasise bits of melody. The inestimable Benny Golson gives her beautiful arrangements, and Kenny Dorham and Philly Joe Jones do stunningly supportive work, but Abbey is in command of this material and really makes even novelty tunes like "Just For Me" into luscious and dramatic performances. Although Abbey is the antithesis of Anita O'Day -- whose work was *all* about swing and improvisation, never about the lyrics -- Abbey takes her place besides Anita as the female jazz singer whom the canon does the greatest injustice. |
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essential Riverside
Submitted on: 2008-06-11 |
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To start, note the difference between this album cover and those of her two previous albums. Rather than being marketed as a sexy woman who happens to have pipes, she is now marketed as a woman with pipes who happens to be sexy. The song selections here cover the spectrum of relationships, ranging from love unreturned to love celebrated. "Little Niles" by Randy Weston tells the story of a boy transitioning from childhood to adulthood, performed at a much slower tempo than the rest of the selections. The selection foreshadows a shift away from torch songs and ballads, and is also the standout track on this album. There are even moments where Abbey mimics the sound of trumpet in exchanges with Benny Golson and Art Farmer. This is absolutely essential for the Abbey Lincoln fan.
Abbey Lincoln (vocals)
Jerome Richardson or Sahib Shihab (baritone sax, flute)
Curtis Fuller (trombone)
Benny Golson or Art Farmer (trumpet)
Paul Chambers or Sam Jones (bass)
Wynton Kelly (piano)
Philly Joe Jones (drums) |
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