The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Because Abbey Lincoln has always been careful to sing songs that have a deep meaning for her, all of her recordings through the years are memorable in their own way; there are no duds in her discography... Recommended".[2]
In an article for The Guardian, John Fordham noted that the album finds Lincoln "taking on the agenda and urgency of the civil rights movement and the edginess of a freer kind of jazz still to come," and commented: "'Ain't Nobody's Business'... and 'Little Niles'... are lyrically irresistible."[6]
^Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 426.
^Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 538.
^Fordham, John (May 20, 2010). "Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Is Blue/It's Magic". The Guardian. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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magic, abbey, lincoln, album, this, article, about, album, abbey, lincoln, album, sonny, stitt, magic, sonny, stitt, album, magic, third, album, american, jazz, vocalist, abbey, lincoln, featuring, tracks, recorded, 1958, riverside, label, magicstudio, album, . This article is about the album by Abbey Lincoln For the album by Sonny Stitt see It s Magic Sonny Stitt album It s Magic is the third album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1958 for the Riverside label 1 It s MagicStudio album by Abbey LincolnReleased1958RecordedJuly 24 amp August 15 1958New York CityGenreJazzLength35 48LabelRiversideRLP 12 277ProducerOrrin KeepnewsAbbey Lincoln chronologyThat s Him 1957 It s Magic 1958 Abbey Is Blue 1959 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 ReferencesReception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 The Rolling Stone Jazz amp Blues Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and reviewer Scott Yanow stated Because Abbey Lincoln has always been careful to sing songs that have a deep meaning for her all of her recordings through the years are memorable in their own way there are no duds in her discography Recommended 2 In an article for The Guardian John Fordham noted that the album finds Lincoln taking on the agenda and urgency of the civil rights movement and the edginess of a freer kind of jazz still to come and commented Ain t Nobody s Business and Little Niles are lyrically irresistible 6 Track listing edit I Am in Love Cole Porter 2 49 It s Magic Sammy Cahn Jule Styne 4 03 Just for Me Jimmy Komack 3 36 An Occasional Man Ralph Blane Hugh Martin 3 23 Ain t Nobody s Business Porter Grainger Everett Robbins 4 29 Out of the Past Benny Golson Jon Hendricks 4 46 Music Maestro Please Herb Magidson Allie Wrubel 3 18 Love Blane Martin 2 41 Exactly Like You Dorothy Fields Jimmy McHugh 2 55 Little Niles Randy Weston Hendricks 5 03Recorded in New York City on July 24 tracks 3 5 7 amp 9 and August 15 tracks 1 2 6 8 amp 10 1958Personnel editAbbey Lincoln vocals Kenny Dorham tracks 3 5 7 amp 9 Art Farmer tracks 1 2 6 8 amp 10 trumpet Curtis Fuller trombone tracks 1 3 4 7 amp 8 Benny Golson tenor saxophone Jerome Richardson tracks 3 4 amp 7 Sahib Shihab tracks 1 amp 8 baritone saxophone flute Wynton Kelly piano Paul Chambers tracks 3 5 7 amp 9 Sam Jones tracks 1 2 6 8 amp 10 bass Philly Joe Jones drumsReferences edit Riverside Records discography accessed September 13 2012 a b Yanow S Allmusic review accessed September 13 2012 Cook Richard Morton Brian 2008 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 9th ed Penguin p 894 ISBN 978 0 141 03401 0 Swenson John ed 1999 The Rolling Stone Jazz amp Blues Album Guide Random House p 426 Larkin Colin ed 2004 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Virgin Books p 538 Fordham John May 20 2010 Abbey Lincoln Abbey Is Blue It s Magic The Guardian Retrieved March 4 2024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title It 27s Magic Abbey Lincoln album amp oldid 1214724507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
