| LC control no. | n 83071542 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lincoln, Abbey |
| Variant(s) | Moseka, Aminata Wooldridge, Anna Marie Lee, Gaby Lincoln, Abby |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1930-08-06 |
| Death date | 2010-08-14 |
| Place of birth | Michigan |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Moulin Rouge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Gitanes (France) |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz singers Actresses Composers Arrangers (Musicians) |
| Found in | Sessions live with Buddy Collette Quintet & Abbey Lincoln [SR] p1976. WW Black Amer., 1990/91 (Moseka, Aminata (Abbey Lincoln); actress, director) WW Amer. women, 1972/73 (Lincoln, Abbey (Anna Marie Wooldridge); singer; b. Chicago, 8/6/1930; performed under name Gaby Lee) New York times WWW site, Aug. 16, 2010 (in obituary published Aug. 14: Abbey Lincoln; b. Anna Marie Wooldridge, Aug. 6, 1930, Chicago; took the name Abbey Lincoln as a symbolic conjoining of Westminster Abbey and Abraham Lincoln; d. Saturday [Aug. 14, 2010], Manhattan, aged 80; singer whose dramatic vocal command and tersely poetic songs made her a singular figure in jazz; during a visit to Africa in 1972, received two honorary appellations from political officials: Moseka, in Zaire, and Aminata, in Guinea; Moseka would occasionally serve as her surname) African American National Biography, accessed February 19, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lincoln, Abbey; Anna Marie Wooldridge; Gaby Lee; “Aminata”; “Moseka”; jazz singer, composer / arranger, stage / screen actor; born 06 August 1930 in Michigan, United States; began to perform at the Moulin Rouge in Los Angeles; met the lyricist Bob Russell who became her manager; made the album “Affair Story of a Girl in Love” and appeared in the movie “The Girl Can't Help It” (1956); recorded albums transitioning to jazz “That's Him” (1957), “It's Magic” (1958), and “Abbey is Blue” (1959); recorded “Straight Ahead” for the journalist Nat Hentoff's Candid label (1960); became the voice for “We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite” (Candid, 1960); acted in the films “Nothing But a Man” (1964) and “For Love of Ivy” (1968); made a life-changing trip to Africa (1972); signed with Gitanes (the French arm of Universal) (1990); worked on projects with acclaimed guests: “You Gotta Pay the Band” (1991), “When There is Love” (1993), “Who Used to Dance” (1996); received an NEA Jazz Masters Award (2003); Columbia University presented a symposium on her life and works titled “For Love of Abbey” (2001); died 14 August 2010 in New York, New York, United States) |
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