You Gotta Pay the Band

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You Gotta Pay the Band
Abbey Lincoln You Gotta Pay the Band.jpg
Studio album by
Abbey Lincoln
Released1991
RecordedFebruary 25–26, 1991
StudioBMG Recording Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length57:56
Label Verve, Gitanes Jazz
511 110-2
Producer Jean-Philippe Allard
Abbey Lincoln chronology
The World Is Falling Down
(1990)		You Gotta Pay the Band
(1991)		 Devil's Got Your Tongue
(1992)

You Gotta Pay the Band is an album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln. It was recorded on February 25 and 26, 1991, at BMG Recording Studios in New York City, and was released later that year by Verve Records and Gitanes Jazz Productions. On the album, Lincoln is joined by saxophonist Stan Getz (in one of his last recording sessions), pianist Hank Jones, double bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Mark Johnson. Video clips from the recording sessions were used in the documentary film You Gotta Pay The Band. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MusicHound JazzStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

You Gotta Pay the Band was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Performance at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards. [9]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called the album "excellent", and wrote: "Getz's cool tenor fits in very well with Lincoln's voice, making one wish that they had met up previously... it is not surprising that Lincoln sounds typically inspired... Recommended." [1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated: "With the sole exception of 'Bird Alone', which is a dud, the material is excellent, and it's the sort of band singers will die for." They also praised drummer Johnson, describing him as "an elegant and subtle performer who knows where to place an accent and how to weight it." [6]

Writer Loren Schoenberg commented: "Lincoln has never needed anything but the words of the song she is singing to get her point across... [she] is a superb actress who portrays the complete range of emotions and associations suggested by the song she is singing." [10]

Track listing

  1. "Bird Alone" (Abbey Lincoln) – 8:34
  2. "I'm in Love" (Joan Griffin) – 6:13
  3. "You Gotta Pay the Band" (Abbey Lincoln) – 4:50
  4. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (Jay Gorney, Yip Harburg) – 6:51
  5. "You Made Me Funny" (Abbey Lincoln) – 3:02
  6. "And How I Hoped for Your Love" (R.B. Lynch, Abbey Lincoln) – 3:39
  7. "When I'm Called Home" (Abbey Lincoln) – 5:27
  8. "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 6:29
  9. "Up Jumped Spring" (Freddie Hubbard, Abbey Lincoln) – 4:41
  10. "A Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 8:39

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Abbey Lincoln: You Gotta Pay the Band". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Abbey Lincoln - You Gotta Pay the Band". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Abbey Lincoln Discography". JazzDiscography.com. February 2, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  4. ↑ Sandler, Adam (February 24, 1993). "Abbey Lincoln, You Gotta Pay the Band". Variety . Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ Holtje, Steve; Lee, Nancy Ann (1998). MusicHound: The Essential Album Guide. Schirmer. p. 709.
  6. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. pp. 997–998.
  7. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 426.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 538.
  9. ↑ "All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Abbey Lincoln". Grammy.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  10. ↑ Schoenberg, Loren (2002). The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz. Perigree Books. p. 232 – via Google Books.
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