ABBEY LINCOLN / Afro Blue

Lyric / Oscar Brown Jr.
Music / Mongo Santamaria

ABBEY IS BLUE ABBEY LINCOLN ( RIVERSIDE )

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Mongo Santamaria(1922-2003) who composes this tune
he was born in the Cuban capital city Havana, his
grandfather is the slave who is accompanied from Congo.
At the beginning the violin performance was done,
but he turned to percussion eventually. he aimed toward
the professional musician and left the school in 17 years
old, from time of 20 generations did music activity with
night club, moved the base of activity to with New York
at the time of 28 years old. after that Perez Prado
and Tito Puente, Cal Tjader he participated in the band
and others. after that he starts himself leader work
from the time. And "The watermelon man" of Herbie Hancock
composition was picked up to the sixties, this record
became large hit. being something which he composes at the
time of 37 years old, the giant of the saxophone
John Coltrane performed this Afro Blue in his album,
"My Favourite Things" standard number of jazz became.
Oscar Brown Jr.(1926-2005) where lyric is acquired to
this tune, he grows in Chicago, his father is the attorney
and the success person of the real estate business.
With 15 years old the singer he debutted in radio show,
entered into also the university of two schools, but
he did not acquire degree. In addition he seems that
joined in the American Communist Party, participated
in also Black Nationalist motion. He tune of 1000 or
more(the publication 127 tunes) was made in life, but
work lyric of "Work Song" of Nat Adderley composition
and as for lyric of this tune it is that representative
work. Singing this tune, Abbey Lincoln(was born in 1930)
who is the Chicago origin the jazz singer, as a song
writer, and an actress, this record "Abbey Is Blue"
she is the work at the time of 29 years old. eight annual
she has gotten married with Max Roach of the jazz drummer
from at the time of 32 years old, Max Roach has served
the back even with this record.


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