Abbey Sings Billie - A Tribute To Billie Holiday

Abbey Sings Billie - A Tribute To Billie Holiday was released in 2001 by the German jazz label Enja Records. The project serves as a poignant homage from Lincoln, a legendary vocalist in her own right, to the foundational influence of Billie Holiday. While Lincoln had a long and storied career defined by her own compositions and social activism, this collection highlights her reverence for the jazz vocal tradition and her ability to reinterpret classic standards through her distinctively weary yet resilient interpretive style.

The album's production focuses on intimate, sparse arrangements that allow Lincoln’s emotive phrasing to take center stage. Musically, it is grounded in the tradition of mid-century vocal jazz, reflecting the aesthetic sensibilities that Enja Records frequently championed during this era. Critics often noted that the album functioned not merely as a cover collection, but as a dialogue between two of the most significant female voices in jazz history, with Lincoln effectively stripping away the artifice often found in tribute projects to reach the emotional core of Holiday's legacy.