Abbey Sings Billie - A Tribute To Billie Holiday - Live! At The U.J.C. Volume 1
Abbey Lincoln
- Artist
- Abbey Lincoln
- Label
- Enja Records
- Catalog number
- CD 6012-65
- Released
- 1989
- Country
- Germany
- Format
- Album
- Barcode
- 767522601220
What’s on it
Abbey Sings Billie - A Tribute To Billie Holiday - Live! At The U.J.C. Volume 1 has 10 tracks, about 54:33 of music.
- 1What A Little Moonlight Can Do
- 2I Only Have Eyes For You
- 3Gloomy Sunday
- 4Crazy He Calls Me
- 5Strange Fruit
- 6Lover Man
- 7These Foolish Things
- 8I'll Be Seeing You
- 9Soul Eyes
- 10I'll Wind
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Where it came from
Recorded in 1987 at the U.J.C. Jazz Club in Paris, this live album captures Abbey Lincoln performing a repertoire dedicated to the legacy of Billie Holiday. By the late 1980s, Lincoln was experiencing a significant artistic resurgence, and this release served to solidify her status as one of the preeminent interpreters of the jazz vocal tradition. The recording highlights the intimacy of the club setting, allowing for a focused exploration of the emotional depth inherent in Holiday's songbook.
The album was produced for the German-based Enja Records, a label instrumental in documenting European jazz performances and American expatriate talent during that era. The project was conceived as both a respectful homage and a showcase for Lincoln’s evolving, deeply personal vocal style. Critics often cited the release for its raw, unvarnished quality, noting how Lincoln avoided mimicry in favor of recontextualizing Holiday’s material through her own seasoned perspective.
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