Abbey Lincoln "Nature Boy" (1995)
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Uploaded by rovingeye2 on Feb 13, 2010
From her 1995 album "A Turtle's Dream"
Abbey Lincoln (born Anna Marie Wooldridge in Chicago, Illinois, (August 6, 1930 -- August 14, 2010)
Abbey Lincoln is one of the last great jazz singers, as well as one of the music's most gifted songwriters. Since signing with Verve in 1989, she has enjoyed a tremendous creative flowering as a poet, songwriter, painter, actress, and singer. There's no other jazz vocalist today who commands her authority of expression.
"Nature Boy" is a song by eden ahbez, published in 1947. The song tells a fantasy of a "strange enchanted boy... who wandered very far" only to learn that "the greatest thing... was just to love and be loved in return". Nat Cole's 1948 recording of the song was a major hit, and "Nature Boy" has since become a pop and jazz standard, with dozens of major artists interpreting the song.
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I love her rendition of this song, but then I also love Philip Bailey's take on it too!
But hands down, she had a very distinctive voice, and is one of my favorite jazz singers.
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good moments with abbey!!!
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Cavaliers 2011 :)
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@danbuter well, album version. turtle dream
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a great voice!
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One of the best versions of this song I've heard.
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Julien Lourau (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); french musician
Roy Hargrove (trumpet);
Charlie Haden on bass
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A lovely voice and beatiful soul...miss you! R.I.P
11 months ago 2
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Swang delight and delightfully!!!
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RIP You voice make me feel great!
1 year ago 4
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She has an enchanting voice!
dm5401 1 year ago 13
Abbey has inherited the mantle from Billie Holiday
loulou2lou 2 years ago 8