Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 79 (MP3s)
- 9:16 AM — Aug 19 —
- Source: WFMU's Beware of the Blog
A regal presence in the jazz world for half a century, it is bracing to recall that vocalist Abbey Lincoln was once dismissed as a being "professional Negro" (by critic Ira Gitler in Downbeat ), who derided her socially conscious lyrics and unapologetic self-identification as a proud African-American woman. Read More
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