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Abbey Lincoln

Jazz
Jazz

Abbey Lincoln is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Lucky Peterson, Cedar Walton and Billie Holiday. Those roots explain a lot about how Abbey Lincoln arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson and Madeleine Peyroux, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Babatunde Olatunji, Gary Bartz and Cassandra Wilson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Abbey Lincoln, reaching back through Lucky Peterson and forward to Babatunde Olatunji. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Abbey LincolnLucky PetersonCedar WaltonBillie HolidayBabatunde OlatunjiGary BartzCassandra WilsonCarmen McRaeBetty CarterDinah WashingtonNancy WilsonMadeleine PeyrouxMaliaJune Christy

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Abbey Lincoln connections

Abbey Lincoln grew out of Lucky Peterson, Cedar Walton and Billie Holiday, shares an orbit with Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Dinah Washington and Nancy Wilson, went on to shape Babatunde Olatunji, Gary Bartz and Cassandra Wilson. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Abbey Lincoln

Roots3

Sounds and acts that shaped Abbey Lincoln.

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Kindred7

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Abbey Lincoln.

Bands Abbey Lincoln shaped

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