Three Wishes
When the Baroness inquired of Lin Halliday what his three wishes would be he told her:- “I’d be satisfied with a steady gig with Miles.”
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Requisites
Lenox And Seventh: The Definitive Black and Blue Sessions is a 1985 album led by Alvin Queen and Dr. Lonnie Smith. The sessions were recorded in a studio in Paris, France on May 28 1985. The recording engineer was Dominique Samarcq, with liner notes provided by Alain Antonietto.
Track Listing
- L.S. Blues ~ 6:20
- Slightly Monkish ~ 5:49
- Who Can I Turn To ~ 8:00
- Billie’s Bounce ~ 5:58
- There Is No Greater Love ~ 9:09
- Minor Chant ~ 4:55
- Oleo ~ 4:27Chopstick ~ 6:51
- Dr. Lonnie Smith ~ Organ
- Alvin Queen ~ Drums
- Melvin Sparks ~ Guitar
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Three Wishes
Ron Carter was asked what his three wishes were and he said to Pannonica:- “To be a musical success.”
- “To have a life filled with happiness.”
- “To have a groovy apartment.”
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Requisites
Abbey Is Blue is the fourth album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in the Spring and Fall of 1959 in New York City for the Riverside label. The album was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews, the latter also writing the liner notes The album was mastered by Jack Matthews and the cover photograph was taken by Lawrence N. Shustak. The design of the cover was created by Harris Lewine, Ken Braren and Paul Bacon.
Abbey Lincoln had mastered Billie Holiday’s skill at inhabiting the lyrics of a song and projecting its emotional content outward, and these songs, all of which deal with sorrow, are stark and harrowing accounts of loss and injustice.
Track Listing | 39:19- Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaría) – 3:20
- Lonely House (Langston Hughes, Kurt Weill) – 3:40
- Let Up (Abbey Lincoln) – 5:32
- Thursday’s Child (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) – 3:31
- Brother, Where Are You? (Oscar Brown) – 3:10
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh (Ted Fio Rito, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) – 5:24
- Come Sunday (Duke Ellington) – 5:13
- Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:46
- Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 4:11
- Long as You’re Living” (Oscar Brown, Julian Priester, Tommy Turrentine) – 2:33
- Abbey Lincoln – vocals
- Kenny Dorham (tracks 2, 4 & 7-9), Tommy Turrentine (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10) – trumpet
- Julian Priester – trombone (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10)
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10)
- Les Spann – guitar (tracks 2, 4 & 7-9), flute (track 5)
- Wynton Kelly (tracks 2, 4, 5), Cedar Walton (tracks 3 & 6), Phil Wright (tracks 7-9) – piano
- Bobby Boswell (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10), Sam Jones (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7-9) – bass
- Philly Joe Jones (tracks: 2, 4, 5 & 7-9), Max Roach (tracks: 1, 3, 6 & 10) – drums
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Three Wishes
When asked by Nica as to what his three wishes would be when asked Bill Evans responded by saying:- “I remember I was asked that when I was a kid! The first one would be for a wishing-ring. And then I wouldn’t need the others.”
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