http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/08/14/jazz-singer-abbey-lincoln-dies-at-80/
She acted opposite Sidney Poitier, spoke out for civil rights, and had a singing voice so full of emotion and passion it reminded some of Billie Holiday. Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln died on Saturday at her Manhattan home at age 80. Lincoln, an idiosyncratic and fiercely independent performer, influenced a generation of younger vocalists, including singer Cassandra Wilson, who told The New York Times, “I learned a lot about taking a different path from Abbey,” she said. “Investing your lyrics with what your life is about in the moment.”
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ABBEY+LINCOLN&aq=f
http://terryhowcott.com/greenspace.asp?id=1114
Jet Coverage of Abbey Lincoln http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=1&tbs=bks%3A1&q=jet+abbey+lincoln&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
http://www.facebook.com/notes/tom-ficklin/who-will-revere-the-black-woman-by-abbey-lincoln/463835167666
http://www.ebonyjet.com/culture/whosetube/index.aspx?id=17474
http://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2010/08/abbey_lincoln_rip.html
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