Abbey Lincoln - Straight Ahead: Remastered (180g) (LP)

Abbey Lincoln - Straight Ahead (Remastered) (180g) (LP) 180g Vinyl LP Remastered by Bernie Grundman  Singer, composer, actor and activist Abbey Lincoln made a career out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards alongside her own critically acclaimed material. Lincoln began her career as a night club singer, working under various names in the early 1950s on the West Coast, emulating the style of her idol Billie Holliday. But in 1957 she met the visionary composer and drummer Max Roach, who became a vital force in her musical development. Prominently featured on Roach's 1961 avant-garde civil rights masterpiece, We Insist!, Lincoln found her true style. It was a pivotal point in her career as a singer, a composer and an activist. Abbey Lincoln's distinctive vocal style, thought-provoking writing and spirited personality has secured her a place among the jazz greats. Though she made her first recording for Riverside, and later in life for Verve, it was with the young and