Abbey Lincoln - Bird Alone

This 1991 performance was recorded at the Promenade Theater in New York City. Backed by a jazz quintet, featuring legendary saxophonist Steve Coleman, offered up striking original compositions like “Bird Alone,” and “When I’m Calling Home” with her personal interpretation of the blues standard, “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” Her concert at the Promenade is a memorable work that cemented her successful comeback to the live performance stage.
She recorded her debut album, “Abbey Lincoln’s Affair,” in 1956. After a few movie roles she became, through her marriage to jazz great Max Roach, a musical force in the world of jazz in New York City. During the late 1970s and 1980s, Abbey was rarely seen or heard in performance. In 1990 Verve Records released “The World is Falling Down,” which propelled Abbey back to stardom. In 1991, her follow-up album with Stan Getz, “You Gotta Pay the Band” secured her place as an important definitive jazz singer and composer.
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