Sunday, August 8, 2010

Celebrating Abbey Lincoln, Universal Woman


Show description for Sunday 8/8/2010 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

This week on New Day Jazz, we celebrate the life and legacy of Abbey Lincoln. Poet, songwriter and a leading force in the Black Consciousness Movement, Ms. Lincoln celebrated her 80th birthday this past week, August 6th.
Also, as part of our continuing focus on the works of
James Baldwin, we will listen in on an interview, conducted by Studs Terkel, from 1961, on the occasion of the publication of the essay collection, Nobody Knows My Name.


ArtistSongAlbumLabel

Sterling Brown (Read by James Earl Jones & Moses Gunn)Ol' LemA Hand Is On The GateVerve - Folkways

Max Roach featuring Abbey LincolnDriva' ManFreedom Now SuiteCandid

Robert Hayden (read by Gloria Foster, Jones & Gunn)Runagate, RunagateA Hand Is On The GateVerve - Folkways

Max Roach featuring Abbey LincolnFreedom DayFreedom Now SuiteCandid

Margaret Walker (read by Foster)We Have Been BelieversA Hand Is On The GateVerve - Folkways

Max Roach featuring Abbey LincolnTryptich: Prayer/Protest/PeaceFreedom Now SuiteCandid
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Abbey LincolnYou And Me LovePeople in MeInner City

Abbey LincolnNatas (Playmate)People in MeInner City

Abbey LincolnDorian (The Man With The Magic)People in MeInner City

Abbey LincolnAfricaPeople in MeInner City
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James Baldwin Interviewed By Studs Terkel




Abbey Lincoln featuring Archie SheppThrow It AwayPainted LadyBlue Marge
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Abbey LincolnRetributionStraight AheadCandid

Jean Toomer (read by Arna Bontemps)Song of the SunAnthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. - 200 YearsFolkways

Max Roach featurign Abbey LincolnGarvey's GhostPercussion Bitter SweetImpulse
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Abbey LincolnThe Music Is The MagicDevil's Got Your TongueVerve France

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