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Abbey Lincoln
Straight Ahead
Album US 1961 on Candid label
Jazz (Post-Bop)
Deep groove label Max Roach records through the courtesy of Mercury Record Corporation. Eric Dolphy records through the courtesy of Prestige Records. Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studiios, New York, February 22, 1961. This album was recorded monophonically and stereophonically directly to two-track and full-track master tapes on Ampex 300's using the following microphones: Neumann U-47; EV 667; RCA 44BX. The Master Lacquers were cut directly from the original master tapes on a Neumann lathe using a Westrex 2B cutter for mono and a Westrex 3C for stereo. The frequency response of both systems if flat plus or minus 1/2 DB from 30 cycles to 15000 cycles. This recording is patterned to the RIAA curve and will give true frequency response if playback equipment is set for the RIAA playback characteristic. (taken from back of LP jacket)
Musicians
 | Abbey Lincoln voc, 1930-2010 US album by |
 | Booker Little tr, 1938-1961 US arranged by |
 | Julian Priester tb, *1935 US arranged by |
 | Mal Waldron p, 1925-2002 US arranged by |
 | Max Roach dr, 1924-2007 US arranged by |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Straight Ahead | Abbey Lincoln | 5:18 | |
| 2 | | When Malindy Sings | Abbey Lincoln | 4:00 | |
| 3 | | In The Red | Abbey Lincoln | 8:23 | |
| 4 | | Blue Monk | Abbey Lincoln | 6:32 | |
| 5 | | Left Alone | Abbey Lincoln | 6:42 | |
| 6 | | African Lady | Abbey Lincoln | 3:42 | |
| 7 | Retribution | Abbey Lincoln | 3:45 |
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