The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

This week we continue to safeguard ourselves from those who consider the variants not a threat but this jazz voyager is opting on the side of caution as we select our next album. I’ve chosen the studio album Devil’s Got Your Tongue by Abbey Lincoln. It’s her fifteenth and her third for Verve Records. It was recorded on February 24 & 25, 1992 at BMG Studios in New York City and released on October 13, 1992. 

The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart on April 10, 1993. Verve allowed this icon of jazz to record nine of her compositions along with two classics for a very gratifying set. 

Tracks | 68:56 All tracks are written by Abbey Lincoln, unless otherwise noted.
  1. Rainbow (with The Noel Singers) (Abbey Lincoln, Melba Liston) ~ 4:42
  2. Evalina Coffrey (The Legend Of) ~ 7:04
  3. Story Of My Father (with The Staple Singer) ~ 5:28
  4. A Child Is Born (with The Noel Singers) (Thad Jones, Alex Wilder) ~ 6:20
  5. People In Me (with The Noel Singers) ~ 6:13
  6. A Circle Of Love (with The Noel Singers) ~ 5:53
  7. Jungle Queen ~ 6:09
  8. The Merry Dance ~ 7:48
  9. Devil’s Got Your Tongue ~ 5:49
  10. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (Frank Loesser) ~ 7:46
  11. The Music Is The Magic (with The Staple Singers) ~ 5:44
Musicians
  • Abbey Lincoln – vocals
  • Rodney Kendrick – piano
  • Marcus McLaurine – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums (tracks 2–4, 10–11)
  • Yoron Israel – drums (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8–9)
  • James Louis “J.J.” Johnson – trombone (tracks 2, 4, 10)
  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone (tracks 5, 8, 10–11)
  • Maxine Roach – viola (tracks 2, 6)
  • Babatunde Olatunji – Ngoma, Djembe, Ashiko & Shekere drums (track 7)
  • Kehinde O’Uhuru – Ashiko drum (track 7)
  • Sule O’Uhuru – Agogô bells, Djembe (track 7)
  • Gordy Ryan – Jun-jun drum (track 7)
  • The Staple Singers – backing vocals
    • Pops Staples, Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples
  • The Noel Singers – backup singers
    • Ivan Archer, Giselle Brown, Queinton Caesar, Ronnie David, Shelby Ellis, Daylene Hunt, Clevie Jordan, Marie Leveque, Lucila Martinez, Jason Moses, Gregory Norman, Leigh-Ann Oadmore, Aleata Prince, Natasha Reeves, Tiffany Rivera, Linda Sanchez, Joann Santiago Sherrille Shabazz, Chante Slater, Karen Thompson, Teddy Turrene, Merlene West, Tasha Woodward
Production
  • Producer – Jean-Philippe Allard
  • Engineer (First Engineer) – Rick Applegate
  • Engineer (Second Engineer) – Jay Newland
  • Engineer (Assistant Engineer) – Doug McKean
  • Engineer (Assistant Engineer) – Sandy Palmer

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