A Time for Love: Abbey Lincoln tribute, part 2

[joelf]

She recorded this and the ballad I posted previously (Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams) on the knockout recording You Gotta Pay the Band (with the following not-too shabby cast: Stan Getz, Hank Jones, Charlie Haden, Mark Johnson (drums, not Marc Johnson the bassist) and Maxine Roach. Couldn't she get anyone good?

* I erred in my spoken prologue: the actual lyricist was Paul Francis Webster (of The Shadow of Your Smile fame)...

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[joelf]

Another unique artist, Shirley Horn, also recorded this one, and notably---with the maestro himself arranging and conducting. The CD is called Here's to Life...