In the Wilderness - 95 Years of Abbey Lincoln - 8/05/25
Born on August 6, 1930, the singer-songwriter Abbey Lincoln would have turned 95 this summer. In the Wilderness honors her almost-centennial with songs ranging from her sepia supperclub days of the late 1950s to her valedictory recording in 2007.
You’ll hear her compositions as well as Lincoln’s leonine flights through music by Coltrane, Billie Holiday, and Bob Dylan. Some of the musicians supreme heard with Abbey in this hour: Sonny Rollins, Bobby Hutcherson, Mtume, Hank Jones, James Hurt, Mal Waldron, and more!
Season 1, Episode 01
Released: August 5, 2025
Produced and hosted by Neil Molloy
Read (and download) Sally Plaxson’s in-depth interview (68 pages!) with Abbey from 1996.
https://jazzday.com/media/AC0808_Lincoln_Abbey_Transcript.pdf
Meet (and greet) your DJ here:
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- Abbey Lincoln A Turtle's Dream (A Turtle's Dream, Verve)
- Mal Waldron & Abbey Lincoln God Bless the Child (Soul Eyes, RCA Victor/BMG Classics)
- Abbey Lincoln & Hank Jones A Part of Me/There are Such Things (When There is Love, Verve)
- Abbey Lincoln Africa (People in Me, Verve)
- Abbey Lincoln I Am in Love (It's Magic, Riverside/Original Jazz Classics)
- Abbey Lincoln with Sonny Rollins Strong Man (That's Him, Riverside/Original Jazz Classics)
- Abbey Lincoln & Maggie Brown And it's Supposed to Be Love (Wholly Earth, Verve)
- Abbey Lincoln Natas aka Playmate (People in Me, Verve)
- Abbey Lincoln Being Me (Abbey Sings Abbey, Verve)
- Abbey Lincoln Mr. Tambourine Man (Who Used to Dance, Verve)