The album was recorded live at Universal Jazz Coalition, NYC, November 6th & 7th, 1987. Abbey said: "I wanted to just say thank you to Billie with this album, because I can't imagine what it would have been for me if she hadn't been there" Read more on Last.fm.
Abbey Lincoln (born Anna Marie Wooldridge on August 6, 1930, Chicago, Illinois – died August 14, 2010, Manhattan, New York), was a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress.
Her first album, Abbey Lincoln's Affair, A Story of a Girl in Love was released in 1956. Also that year Lincoln starred in the film The Girl Can't Help It, for which she famously wore a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe.
Lincoln sang on the 1960s landmark jazz civil rights recording Read more on Last.fm
