Straight Ahead is an album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Candid label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars and stated that "this is one of Abbey Lincoln's greatest recordings".[2]
Track listing
- "Straight Ahead" (Abbey Lincoln, Earl Baker, Mal Waldron) — 5:24
- "When Malindy Sings" (Oscar Brown, Paul Lawrence Dunbar) — 4:05
- "In the Red" (Chips Bayen, Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach) — 8:32
- "Blue Monk" (Abbey Lincoln, Thelonious Monk) — 6:39
- "Left Alone" (Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron) — 6:48
- "African Lady" (Langston Hughes, Randy Weston) — 3:46
- "Retribution" (Abbey Lincoln, Julian Priester) — 3:50
- Recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios in New York City on February 22, 1961
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. |
Albums as leader or co-leader |
- Body and Soul (1939–56)/The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956)
- Disorder at the Border (1952)
- The Hawk Talks (1952–53)
- The Hawk Returns (released 1954)
- Timeless Jazz (1954)
- Accent on Tenor Sax (1955)
- The Hawk in Paris (1956)
- The Gilded Hawk (1956–57)
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
- The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport (1957)
- The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
- The Hawk Flies High (1957)
- Bean Bags (and Milt Jackson, 1958)
- Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1958)
- Soul (1958)
- The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
- The Saxophone Section (1958)
- Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (1959)
- Hawk Eyes (1959)
- Coleman Hawkins All Stars (with Vic Dickenson and Joe Thomas, 1959)
- Very Saxy (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Buddy Tate, Arnett Cobb, 1959)
- At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960)
- Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (1960)
- Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
- The Hawk Swings (1960)
- The Hawk Relaxes (1961)
- Back in Bean's Bag (and Clark Terry, 1962)
- Bluesy Burrell (with Kenny Burrell, 1962)
- Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962)
- Desafinado (1962)
- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962)
- Good Old Broadway (1962)
- Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962)
- Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962)
- The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962)
- Today and Now (1962)
- Sonny Meets Hawk! (and Sonny Rollins, 1963)
- Wrapped Tight (1965)
- The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
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With others |
- Further Definitions (Benny Carter, 1951)
- All the Cats Join In (Buck Clayton, 1953–56)
- Jumpin' at the Woodside (Buck Clayton, 1954–55)
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1939)
- Blues Groove (Tiny Grimes, 1958)
- At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
- Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961)
- 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962)
- Monk's Music (Thelonious Monk, 1957)
- Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (also Hawkins, 1957)
- We Insist! (Max Roach, 1960)
- Ben Webster and Associates (1959)
- Live at the Five Spot (Randy Weston, 1959)
- At Newport '63 (Joe Williams, 1963)
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release |
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With Max Roach | |
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With others | |
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Compilations | |
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader |
- The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
- Max Roach + 4 (1956)
- Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
- The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
- Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
- Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
- MAX (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
- Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
- Deeds, Not Words (1958)
- Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
- Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
- Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich, 1959)
- The Many Sides of Max (1959)
- Long as You're Living (1960)
- Parisian Sketches (1960)
- We Insist! (1960)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
- It's Time (1962)
- Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, 1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
- The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali, 1964)
- Drums Unlimited (1965)
- Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
- Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
- Re: Percussion (M'Boom, Strata-East, 1973)
- Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton, 1978)
- Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor, 1979)
- M'Boom (1979)
- One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton, 1979)
- Pictures in a Frame (1979)
- The Long March (and Archie Shepp, 1979)
- In the Light (1982)
- Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
- Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
- It's Christmas Again (1984)
- Scott Free (1984)
- Survivors (1984)
- Easy Winners (1985)
- Bright Moments (1986)
- Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1989)
- To the Max! (1990–91)
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Co-leader with Clifford Brown | |
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With Sonny Rollins | |
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With others |
- Witch Doctor (Chet Baker, 1953)
- Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
- Al Cohn's Tones (1953)
- Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
- Conception (Miles Davis, Lee Konitz, 1951)
- Jazz Contrasts (Kenny Dorham, 1957)
- Paris Blues (Duke Ellington, 1961)
- Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson (1954)
- Diz and Getz (Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, 1953)
- Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds (1954)
- The Bop Session (Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, 1975)
- The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957)
- Introducing Johnny Griffin (Johnny Griffin, 1956)
- Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
- Body and Soul (Coleman Hawkins, 1946)
- First Place (J. J. Johnson, 1957)
- The Magnificent Thad Jones (1956)
- That's Him! (Abbey Lincoln, 1957)
- Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961)
- Out Front (Booker Little, 1961)
- The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions Gil Melle, 1952)
- Mingus at the Bohemia (Charles Mingus, 1955)
- The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955)
- Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 (Thelonious Monk, 1952)
- Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk, 1956)
- Herbie Nichols Trio (1955–56)
- Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions/Charlie Parker on Dial/Complete Charlie Parker on Dial (1945–48)
- Big Band (Charlie Parker, 1952)
- Oscar Pettiford Sextet (1954)
- The Amazing Bud Powell (1951)
- Pretty for the People (A.K. Salim, 1957)
- Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
- Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960)
- Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
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Compilations | |
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader | |
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With Gene Ammons | |
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With Jackie McLean | |
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With Charles Mingus | |
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With the Prestige All Stars | |
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With others |
- All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- Earthy (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
- 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
- Where? (Ron Carter, 1961)
- The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)
- Coolin' (Teddy Charles, 1957)
- Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Coltrane (1957)
- Dakar (John Coltrane, Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne, 1957)
- At the Five Spot (Eric Dolphy, both volumes, 1961)
- Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957)
- Hornful of Soul (aka, Catwalk, Bennie Green, 1960)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1957)
- Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
- So Warm (Etta Jones, 1961)
- After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957)
- Olio (Thad Jones, 1957)
- Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (1958)
- Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961)
- Teo (Teo Macero, 1957)
- On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (Max Roach, 1961)
- It's Time (Max Roach, 1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (Max Roach, 1962)
- For Lady (Webster Young, 1957)
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