Abbey Lincoln
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“The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.”
-Abbey Lincoln
A GLORIOUS ICON OF JAZZ AND BLACK LIBERATION
“I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.” -Abbey Lincoln
The Table of Contents 1. Prologue 2. Her Early Career 3. The Later Years 4. Her Legacy
Involving jazz, you can never forget about her. To understand how music evolves fully, you must understand about Abbey Lincoln's life and legacy. She was a trailblazer, outspoken for our freedom, and a lover of Blackness 100 percent. The outstanding singer and civil rights activist Abbey Lincoln was born in Chicago. She was born on August 6, 1930. H Her er original name is Anna Marie Wooldridge. Wooldridge. She was raised in Calvin C Center, enter, Cass County, Michigan. So, Lincoln was born and raised in the great Midwester Midwestern n region region of the United States of America. A Ass a young child, Lincoln went into a one room school to develop her education, and she was raised with 11 siblings. Abbey Lincoln even taught herself on how to play the piano. Constantly, Lincoln would invent songs. Lincoln performed at the church choir and at amateur contests. Early on, o n, she sang music from Hawaii to Havana, Cuba. As early as 1951, she performed in numerous nightclubs. That was very commonplace for many black musicians like Maya Angelou. She lived li ved in Honolulu, Hawaii as a resident singer in a club. She came back to California in 1954. Like many singers of her time, Abbey Lincoln was inspired by Billie Holiday. As many know, Bille Holiday was one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. Holiday sang from her soul on many topics from love to expressing opposition to the cruel evil of the lynching of bla black ck human beings. Lynching of black people didn't just occur in the South. They transpired nationwide. Lincoln readily visited the Blue Note jazz club in New York City. Her debut album (in 1955) was "Abbey Lincoln's Affair: A Story of a Girl in Love." She made ot other her albums for Ri Riverside verside Records too. In 1956, Abbey Lincoln was in the movie of The Girl Can't Help It, for which she
wore a dress that had been worn by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Prefer Blondes (1953), and interpreted the theme song, working with Benny Carter. By 1957, she moved into New York City, and she worked at the Village Vanguard, which is a jazz club in the Greenwich Village. The Greenwich Village was home to Beat poets, liberals, l iberals, and other cultural influencers. She had many friends and artists who was all about promoting civil rights and advancing the great genre of jazz music. In 1957, she released the album of That's Him!, and in 1958, she released the album It's Magic. Abbey is Blue came out in 1959.
Her Early Career
By 1960, she sang on Max Roach's landmark civil rights themed recording of We Insist! Lincoln's lyrics were often linked to the civil rights movement in America. That time of the 1960's was a cultural revolution where black people and other oppressed human beings saw a shift in the world society. It was the age when Jim Crow apartheid was in its final stages. With Ivan Dixon, she co-starred in Nothing But a Man (1964), an independent film written and directed by Michael Roemer. Nothing But a Man was an honest film that exposes the evil injustices of Jim Crow apartheid in i n America. Nothing But a Man had everything from a diverse black cast, real life situations, and honesty about the complex nature of black life. It didn't sugarcoat a thing, it the was 1960's, one of Malcolm X's favorite movies. Abbey Lincoln in married Max Roach in 1962. Alland over Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach participated civil rights
activism via their performances at benefits and fundraisers for the NAACP and CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality). "It always did the actresses in, because I was the one who was supposed to have this reputation as a freedom fighter ... and I got two movies," Lincoln told NPR's Roy Hurst in a 2003 interview. In 1968 she co-starred with Sidney Poitier and Beau Bridges in For Love of Ivy and received a 1969 Golden Globe nomination for her appearance in the film. For The Love of Ivy is an underrated film in music film history. It is about a black woman, who is a maid to a wealthy family, having an independent mind of her own in her quest for romance plus moving forward with her career. Her character was strong, intelligent, dignified and filled with a determination to get “Jazzisnotjustmusic,it'sa what she wants in a positive way. Sidney Poitier and Abbey way of life, it's a way of Lincoln in the film fall in love in many levels and steps. It's a being,awayofthinking.” realistic romantic film based on mutual respect for 2 black human beings who are in love. -NinaSimone
Television appearances, made by Abbey Lincoln, began in 1968 with The Name of the Game. In March 1969, she had a role for WGBH-TV Boston. The role was in one of a 10-episode series of individual dramas written, produced and performed by black people called, "On Being Black." It was her work in Alice Childress's Wine in the Wilderness. She appeared in Mission: Impossible (1971), the television movie Short Walk to Daylight (1972), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974), and All in the Family (1978). Lincoln was married from 1962 to 1970 to drummer Max Roach, whose daughter from a previous marriage, Maxine, appeared on several of Lincoln's albums. During the 1970's, she helped her mother in Los Lo s Angeles, and Abbey Lincoln began to write literature. In 1973, Abbey Lincoln released the album of People in Me. Her first lead album in 12 years after Straight Ahead. For a long time, the late, great Nat King Cole had innovated jazz and promoted a trailblazing walk involving television and music in general. His talent expanded into being an actor and a professional pianist. Nat King Cole even performed on Broadway. He was the first African American man to host an American television series. That was groundbreaking. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama. His father was a Baptist minister, and Cole later lived in Chicago. Many of Cole's relatives were musicians, including his daughter Natalie Cole. Like many legends, he learned to play the organ in the church form his mother. He learned jazz, gospel, and classical music on the piano. He listened to hear Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, and Jimmie No one at clubs in Chicago. Bronzeville, Chicago was the place where he was raised. By the 1940’s, Nat King Cole performed music. Some of his famous songs are Route 66, Mona Lisa, and Unforgettable. His final album was called L-O-V-E in 1965. Nat King Cole was a black man who supported civil rights, worked to help create the 1963 March on Washington, and he worked with Kennedy including Johnson on civil rights issues. Elegance, class, and power exemplify his legacy as a black man.
Rest in Power Brother Nat King Cole.
The Jazz Legend Nat King Cole was with her daughter, fellow legend Natalie Cole
The Legacy of Jazz
On Black itHistory Month (in this 2022), is always important to acknowledge the power and strength of jazz music. Jazz was birthed in the Delta at the Deep South by black Americans. It is a musical artform with magnificent power, style, and influence. Its performers and fans are human beings of every color, and we certainly appreciate jazz a great deal.
underrated in his film talents. Bird was solemn about Parker’s life story, starring the legendary actor Forest Whitaker. Folks know that John Coltrane was a legend. He mastered the saxophone. He enjoyed showing convert harmonic structures in the song Giant Steps. A Love Supreme in 1964 (created by Coltrane) was one of the
they loved constantly.
One of the great modern displays of jazz is found in the epic film of Malcolm X which was released in 1992 (shown by Terrence Blanchard). Louis Armstrong was an ambassador of jazz movement. He was beloved using the trumpet and having many friends like Josephine Baker. Armstrong studied opera and the blues too. Duke Ellington was so and great a player of the piano being a leader of the orchestra, that is he known as the Duke. Washington, D.C. was the place of his birth. Duke Ellington thrived in the Swing Era (1935-1945) and beyond into the 1970's. We know about Abbey Lincoln's jazz career and movie career showing non stereotypical roles of black women. Charlie Parker or "Bird" was
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greatest albums in human history being widely influential in the history of music. Thelonious Monk was from North Carolina. He played with Charlie Christian, Dizzy Gillespie, and Don Byas. His brilliant mind was powerful. Miles Davis was a rebel. He didn't confirm to what people wanted him to do. Lester Young,
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Coleman Hawkins, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Wayne Shorter, Albert Ayler, and other artists made great works. Billie Holiday was courage in singing and doing jazz too. People like Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Ornette Coleman, William "Count" Basie, Max Roach, Cecil Taylor, Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra, Anthony Braxton, Carmen McRae, McCoy Tyner, Lester Young, William Parker, and other people perfected their songs to project widespread magnificence in jazz music. Jazz music is the music of the world. There is no hip hop or R&B without jazz.
The Later Years After a tour of Africa in the mid 1970's, she adopted the name of Aminata Moseka. Africa has changed the lives of tons of black people in seeing the Motherland in its glory plus beauty. By the 1980's, Abbey Lincoln's creative output was smaller, and she released only a few albums. In 1984, she released her album of Talking Tal king to the Sun under Enja Records. Her song "For All We Know" is featured in the 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy. In 1987, she released the albums of Abbey Sings Billie, Vol. 1 and Abbey Sings Billie Vol. 2 as a s a tribute to Billie Holiday with Enja Records. In the 1990 Spike Lee movie Mo' Better Blues, Abbey Lincoln played the young Bleek's mother, Lillian. Mo' Better Blues is about jazz musicians, and one jazz musician (portrayed by Denzel Washington) evolves from being a womanizer to being a more mature, upright black man who takes care of his family firmly. Ironically, Spike Lee's sister plays Denzel's love interest in Mo' Better Blues. In 1990, Lincoln also released the album of The World is Falling Down. During the 1990's and until her death, however, she fulfilled a 10-album contract with Verve Records. These albums are highly regarded and represent a crowning achievement in Lincoln's career. In 1991, You Gotta Pay the Band was released by Abbey Lincoln too. Devil's Got Your Tongue (1992) featured Rodney Kendrick, Grady Tate, Yoron Israel, J. J. Johnson, Stanley Turrentine, Babatunde Olatunji and The Staple Singers, among others. ot hers. Lincoln worked with Maggie Brown on Brown's album of Wholly Earth in 1999. Lincoln wanted Brown to just make music and don't get bogged down in agents or money. Brown is a fan of Lincoln which is why she did a tribute to Lincoln called Maggie Sings Abbey. Maggie Brown was a fan of her since she was a child. In 2003, Lincoln received a National Endowment
for the Arts Jazz Master Award. Lincoln’s music dealt with lyrics that dealt with w ith the ideals of the civil rights movement and helped inspired future generations' passion for the cause in the minds of her listeners. She always loved acting too. Abbey Lincoln loved to explore more philosophical themes in the later years of her songwriting career. She remained professionally active in her work until well into her seventies. Her last album before her passing was "Abbey Sings Abbey" in 2007. Lincoln died on August 14, 2010, in Manhattan, New York City, eight days after her 80th birthday. Her death was announced by her brother, David Wooldridge, who told The New York Times that she had died in a Manhattan nursing home after suffering deteriorating health ever since undergoing open-heart surgery in 2007. No cause of death was officially given. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered. Before her passing, Abbey Lincoln asked her friend Dee Dee Bridgewater to help keep the songbook alive of her music. On May of 2011, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., something happened. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, and Cassandra Wilson played Abbey Lincoln's music. Bridgewater fulfilled Lincoln's promise. Terri Lyne Carrington was the musical director on the drums. It was their jazz tribute to Abbey Lincoln.
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She is one of the greatest opera singers of all time. For decades, she has toured the globe in singing music that stirs up joy among audiences. She is Sister Leontyne Price, and she is 94 years old. She was born in Laurel, Mississippi. She sang at the St. Paul's Methodist Church, played piano, etc. Wilberforce College in Wilberforce, Ohio was where she was educated too. She sang at the play of Porgy and Bess in 1953. Back in the day, Porgy and Bess was controversial, because some thought that the play stereotyped black Americans. Leontyne Price worked hard as an opera singer. She toured, was on television, and was in the Susan Froemke's The Opera House documentary in 2017 at the age of 90 years old. She also won tons of awards. She is one of
Legends are always remembered. Sister Marian Anderson lived from 1897 to 1993. 1993 was when I was in elementary school, and I remembered her back then. Her gift was singing monumental music like opera, spirituals, etc. Her voice was contralto. She sang orchestras worldwide from 1925 to 1965. Philadelphia was the place of her birth. Her parents were devout Baptist Christians. Marian Anderson sang at the church choir when she was 6 years old. She sang with her aunt too. Anderson sang at local churches, the YMCA, benefit concerts, etc. When she was 10, Marian joined the People's Chorus of Philadelphia under the singer Emma Azalia Hackley. She graduated from South Philadelphia High School in 1921. She experienced discrimination because of her race, but she persisted to express her gift of singing. Marian Anderson performed at Carnegie
the greatest sopranos of all time. Miles Davis was inspired by her. Many human beings know her as a the first African American to be a leading performer at the Metropolitan Opera during the 1950's including the 1960's. She is one of the greatest American classical singers of all time. Her voice is rich and very powerful. She has worked in recitals and orchestral concerts until 1997. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 and the Spingarm Medal in 1965. She has many honorary degrees, 10 Grammy Awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019, Leontyne Price was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Decades ago, she sang in the church choir. Price was inspired by Marian Anderson when she saw her sing in Jackson when she was 14 years old. Dionne Warwick is her maternal cousin. She traveled the
Hall in 1928. She toured Europe during the 1930's. Albert Einstein (a man known for supporting socialism and racial tolerance) hosted Anderson on many times. She worked with him months before he died in 1955. Marian Anderson performed at the 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert. Racists from the DAR didn't want her to perform. Yet, she did perform.
world to present her talent. By the 21st century, Leontyne Price continues to promote opera. She is a living legend. Modern day sopranos take inspiration by her too.
throughout her life. She was the first African American to sing with the Metropolitan Opera in NYC on January 7, 1955. She sang for President John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Anderson also was at the 1963 March on Washington. JFK presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. Marian Anderson had exquisite, glorious beauty inside and out and a sense of excellence in how she used her craft cr aft to motivate souls during the 20th century. She has 24 honorary doctoral degrees along with singing well into the 1970's. In 1991, she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She fulfilled her dreams, so future generations could realize their own dreams succinctly.
The NAACP, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, other civil rights groups, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (who resigned from the DAR) fought for Anderson's right to perform. Marian Anderson performed her concert on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 at the Lincoln Memorial. Her rendition was "My Country 'Tis of Thee." More than 75,000 people attended the concert. Marian Anderson received the Spingarn Medal for distinguished achievement. Anderson sang to the troops during WWII and the Korean War. She fought for civil rights
Rest in Power Sister Marian Anderson. Anderson.
Her legacy Today, more human beings understand the long life of the late legend Abbey Lincoln. I only heard of her a few years ago, but her legendary contributions to jazz and music are endless. She was born b orn in Chicago. Jazz and blues traveled from the Delta northward into the Midwest and all over America. Later, Abbey Lincoln worked hard to perfect her craft of studying and expressing music. She sang from clubs to world famous performing arenas globally. As a black woman, her consciousness was very high in dealing with her experiences. All over her life, she advocated for civil rights and human justice. She sang in favor of black liberation overtly in her records. She was criticized for that too during the 1960's, but Lincoln didn't care. Many of us know about Monk, Max Roach, Joe Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Wynton Marsalis, and Miles Davis, but it is important that unsung artists like Abbey Lincoln receive their flowers for their creative, monumental talent. Abbey Lincoln was unapologetic in her activism and in her soul. Filled with soul, she loved our black people greatly. I remember her movies too. She was in both films of Just A Man (featuring Ivan Dixon) and For the Love of Ivy (featuring Sidney Poitier). Just a Man and For the Love of Ivy was an ode to the beauty of Black Love and the resiliency of black existence in general. Her movies deal with the art of acting and political statements too. Abbey Lincoln made albums for over 5 decades well into the 21st century. Lincoln was our unsung hero. Jazz is an American artform invented by black people in America. When you get older, you further appreciate the wonderful songs found in jazz music. From the rivers of the
Delta to the areas of the four corners of the world, jazz and blues (with the trumpets, bass, musical notes, and diverse pitches) transformed the atmosphere of our cultural expression. Abbey Lincoln's Li ncoln's sounds were crisp and excellent, her aura was inspirational, and her legacy is firmly established as one of the greatest musicians of all time.
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These are the lyrics to song of All Africa by Abbey Lincoln: “…The beat has a rich and magnificent history Full of mystery
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Bantu, Zulu, Watusi, Ashanti, Herero, Grebo, Ibo, Masuto, Nyasa, Ndumbo, Umunda, Bobo, Kisii Kongo, Hobo, Mbangi, Kikuyu, Bahutu, Mossi, (Kissi/Kisi), Jahomi, Fongo, Bandjoun, Bassa, Yoruba, Gola, Ila, Mandingo, Mangbetu, Yosee, Bali, Angoli, Biombii, Mbole, Malinke, Mende, Masai (Maasai), Masai, Masai…”
The Classic Film of Nothing But a Man (1964)
Malcolm X praised this film for a reason. You can look in their eyes to see the pain and power of their black souls desiring real change in our society.
Nothing But a Man was an independent film directed by Michael Roemer (who also co-wrote the film with Robert M. Young). It starred the legendary people of Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln. The film shows the story of Duff Anderson, an African American railroad worker, who tried to maintain his self-respect inside of a racist small town near Birmingham, Alabama. He married the local preacher’s daughter. It’s one of the greatest films of all time with realistic dialogue, courageous scenes, and a great presence. Abbey Lincoln’s character played a newly married woman. The issues of discrimination, oppression, racism, poverty, relationships, and other topics are made manifest in this movie. Ivan Dixon plays a complex, hard working man who works, opposes white racists, and loves a woman, who is a well-known teacher of children. Ivan Dixon (in the movie) deals with his imperfections to be a better man by the end of the movie. Decades ahead of its time, the movie never disappoints. Nothing But a Man also stars Gloria Foster, Yaphet Kotto, Julius Harris, Mel Stewart, Helen Lounck, and other human beings. With the times that we are living currently in 2022, this movie is very much relatable to our time plus any time in human history.
Pro-Civil Rights Musicians
Bernice Johnson Reagon has been a song leader, scholar, composer, and social activist for decades. She was a founder f ounder member of the SNCC Freedom Singers in the Albany Movement. She created an allblack woman a cappella ensemble called Sweet Honey in the Rock at Washington,
Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Soul. She was involved in concerts to invest in helping the Civil Rights Movement. Aretha loved black people. She has always supported civil rights and other important issues throughout her life. She supported women’s rights
Max Roach promoted Paul Robeson was one of the most freedom for black people. He courageous men in history. He was a once married Abbey Lincoln singer, stage performer, actor, athlete, for several years. Also, he was and activist. Robeson’s films were not a jazz drummer and just about entertainment. entertainment. Many of his composer. He was a pioneer movies dealt with political issues from of bebop. Working with icons confronting racism to showing the of jazz like Coleman Hawkins, beauty of black humanity. He stood Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie up against imperialism and racism. Parker, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah The evil of McCarthyism could never
D.C. She workedSummer in the 1964 too.Freedom protests in the South.
too. Angela DavisFranklin to be wanted free from jail. Aretha Franklin also supported the rights of Native Americans, and she was an icon of our time.
Washington, Booker Little, Thelonious Monk, and other human beings, Roach always shown excellence in his expertise.
intimidate him. Paul Robeson inspired future generations of actors and actress all of the time.
Odetta was a singer and human rights activist. She was the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement using folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. Take This Hammer is one of my favorite songs of her. Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were fans of her music.
Billie Holiday was one of the best jazz singers of all time. She lived her life in favor of freedom for black people. She stood up against the War on Drugs and sang Strange Fruit to condemn the evil of lynching in American society. Billie Holiday always has the charisma and brilliance to present her talent to the world.
The Impressions, including Curtis Mayfield, had a powerful presence. They were based in the Midwest to speak on freedom. They came from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They sang gospel music too. Their song of People Get Ready is one major soundtrack of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Staples Singers (including Mavis Staples) always had conscious messages. They are masters of R&B music and gospel too. They were based in Chicago. Their father was Roebuck “Pops” Staples. They worked with Stax Records too. Mavis Staples has a immense influence on the development of folk, gospel, and R&B music.
ABBEY LINCOLN’s What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life song Lyrics What are you doing the rest of your life?
Those tomorrows waiting deep in your eyes
North and South and East and West of your life
In the world of love that you keep in your eyes
I have only one request of your y our life
I'll awaken what's asleep in your eyes
That you spend it all with me
It may take a kiss or two
All the seasons and the times of your days
Through all of my life
All the nickels and the dimes of your days
Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall of my life
Let the reasons and the rhymes of your days
All I ever will recall of my life
All begin and end with me
Is all of my life with you.
I want to see your face in every kind of light In the fields of dawn and the forests of the night
And when you stand before the candles on a cake Oh, let me be the one to hear the silent wish you make
The Modern Day Jazz Legend Sister Tia Fuller
JAZZ MAKES SOUNDS, MUSIC, MUSI C, AND CREATIVITY COME C OME ALIVE FULLY IN OUR LIVES.
Recently, there was the Birthday of Sister Tia Fuller, and she is 46 years old. She was born in Aurora, Colorado. Her parents are jazz musicians Fred and Elthopia Fuller. Her father plays bass and her mother sings. Shamier, who is Tia's sister, is a jazz musician and educator too. When she was growing up, Tia Fuller listening to her parents rehearse in the basement of their home. She learned of the music of John Coltraine, Sarah Vaughan, and Charlie Parker. Fuller loved playing the saxophone at Gateway High School. She further studied musical education at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia under the tutelage of Joseph Jennings. Ray Charles worked with her. Tia Fuller performed at jazz clubs. By 1998, she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music. She earned her master's degree in jazz pedagogy and performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She played with many jazz artists like Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ralph Peterson, Nancy Wilson, etc. She was a member of Beyonce's all-woman band touring across the world. Tia teaches at Berklee College of Music. In 2019, she recorded with Roy Haynes, Jon Batiste, Linda May Han Oh, and Marcus Gilmore for the Walt Disney Company's movie of Soul. She has many albums album s and projects with more legendary people too. I wish Sister Tia Fuller More Blessings.
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1. Louis Armstrong recorded Body and Soul in 1930. 2. In 1934, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday were in the film called Symphony in Black. 3. In 1952, Duke Ellington’s 25 th anniversary celebration featured Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. 4. In 1958, the St. Louis Blues movie show Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, and Mahalia Jackson. 5. In 1965, John Coltrane’s Ascension existed. 6. Miles Davis released King of Blue in 1959. 7. Headhunters was released by Herbie Hancock in 1973. 8. By 1986, Wynton Marsalis recorded Standard Time in 1986 .
“It’saNewDawn. It’saNewDay. It’saNewLifeForMe, AndI’mFeelin’Good.”
-NinaSimone Nina Simone and her daughter Lisa Simone (pictured on the right) totally represent the culture of jazz to the fullest.
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