Abbey Is Blue

Who played on Abbey Is Blue

• Abbey Lincoln vocals all tracks
• Les Spann guitar, flute on 6 tracks
• Kenny Dorham trumpet on 5 tracks
• Philly Joe Jones drums (drum set) on 5 tracks
• Sam Jones double bass, bass on 5 tracks
• Bob Boswell double bass on 4 tracks
• Julian Priester trombone on 4 tracks
• Max Roach drums (drum set) on 4 tracks
• Stanley Turrentine tenor saxophone on 4 tracks
• Tommy Turrentine trumpet on 4 tracks
• Phil Wright piano on 3 tracks
• Cedar Walton piano on 2 tracks
• Wynton Kelly piano on 2 tracks

Tracklist

1. A1 Afro‐Blue standard — Mongo Santamaría 3:21
2. A2 Lonely House — Kurt Weill 3:42
3. A3 Let Up — Abbey Lincoln 5:32
4. A4 Thursday’s Child — Murray Grand 3:33
5. A5 Brother, Where Are You? 3:12
6. B1 Laugh, Clown, Laugh — Ted Fio Rito 5:26
7. B2 Come Sunday standard — Duke Ellington 5:15
8. B3 Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise standard — Sigmund Romberg 2:48
9. B4 Lost in the Stars — Kurt Weill 4:12
10. B5 Long as You’re Living — Julian Priester, Tommy Turrentine 2:33

Production

• Jack Higgins engineer
• Orrin Keepnews producer
• Jean-Philippe Allard producer

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