Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. And It's Supposed to Be Love
2. Midnight Sun
3. Wholly Earth
4. Look to the Star
5. Another World
6. Conversation With a Baby
7. If I Only Had a Brain
8. Another Time, Another Place
9. Caged Bird
10. Learning How to Listen
| | Details | | Contributing artists: | Bobby Hutcherson, James Hurt, Marc Cary, Nicholas Payton | | Producer: | Jean-Philippe Allard | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Personnel: Abbey Lincoln, Maggie Brown (vocals); Nicholas Payton (trumpet, flugelhorn); Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone, marimba); Marc Cary, James Hurt (piano); John Ormond, Michael Bowie (bass); Alvester Garnett (drums); Daniel Moreno (percussion).
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York on June 3-5, 1998.
Even a cursory listen to WHOLLY EARTH makes it seem fair to call Lincoln the inheritor of Nina Simone's lofty mantle. Like Simone, Lincoln employs an expressive, rough-edged tenor and an expansive compositional mindset in the service of something too multi-faceted to be pigeonholed as "jazz." Lincoln composed most of the tunes here and their variety runs apace with their high quality.
Listen to her trade lines with guest vocalist Maggie Brown on the Mexican- inflected "And It's Supposed to be Love." Take in the whirling dervish that is the joyous title track, drawing on jazz, African and Latin rhythms (a combination put to effective use throughout the album) as Lincoln wails jubilantly over Alvester Garnett's churning percussion. The depth and breadth of Lincoln's abilities as both writer and vocalist are obvious. Some of the finest moments are made possible by the interplay between Lincoln and vibes/marimba wizard Bobby Hutcherson, whose contributions practically rate co-billing.
| | Editorial reviews | ...[Lincoln's] songcraft remains unique in jazz....[She] has a brain, a heart, and a soul, and they're in fine, interactive working order.
JazzTimes (06/01/1999)
4 out of 5 - ...Lincoln's a poet and a singer who has retained the gift of surprise; she sings like she's sharing her thoughts rather than sermonising....[she] is still in the midst of a thrilling voyage of discovery.
Q (04/01/1999)
4 out of 5 - ...Lincoln's a poet and a singer who has retained the gift of surprise; she sings like she's sharing her thoughts rather than sermonising....[she] is still in the midst of a thrilling voyage of discovery.JazzTimes (6/99, p.98) - ...[Lincoln's] songcraft remains unique in jazz....[She] has a brain, a heart, and a soul, and they're in fine, interactive working order.
Q (04/01/1999)
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