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Affair (Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
ca. November 5, 1956
Africa (John Coltrane, Abbey Lincoln)
June 23, 1973
African Lady (Randy Weston, Langston Hughes)
February 22, 1961
February 22, 1961 - Alternate
Afro-Blue (Mongo Santamaria, Oscar Brown, Jr.)
ca. November 1959
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins)
July 24, 1958
November 1, 1960
November 1, 1960 - Alternate
All Africa (Max Roach, Oscar Brown, Jr.)
September 6, 1960
January 14, 1964
An Occasional Man (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)
July 24, 1958
And How I Hoped For Your Love (Abbey Lincoln, R. B. Lynch)
February 25 & 26, 1991
And It's Supposed To Be Love (Abbey Lincoln)
June 3-5, 1998
April 24, 1999
March 8, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Angel Face (Coleman Hawkins, Hank Jones, Abbey Lincoln)
October 4-6, 1992
Another Time, Another Place (Benny Carter)
June 3-5, 1998
Another World (Abbey Lincoln)
June 3-5, 1998
April 24, 1999
March 8, 2002
The Answer Is No (Harold Levey)
July 1956
Avec Le Temps (Léo Ferré)
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
Being Me (Abbey Lincoln)
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
March 8, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Bird Alone (Abbey Lincoln)
February 25 & 26, 1991
August 7, 1991
July 5, 1992
November 22, 1992
1993
July 14, 1996
June 21, 1997
March 7, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Black Butterfly (Duke Ellington, Ben Carruthers, Irving Mills)
October 4-6, 1992
Blackberry Blossoms (Traditional, Abbey Lincoln)
ca. February 18, 2000
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? (Jay Gorney, E. Y. Harburg)
February 25 & 26, 1991
October 29, 1991
October 31, 1991
March 20, 1992
July 5, 1992
1993
Brother, Where Are You? (Oscar Brown, Jr.)
March 26, 1959
Caged Bird (Abbey Lincoln)
ca. 1973
ca. 1973
February 4, 1980
January 9, 1982
June 3-5, 1998
March 8, 2002
Can You Dig It (Abbey Lincoln, Darryl Wooldridge)
November 25-27, 2002
Can't Help Singing (Jerome Kern, E. Y. Harburg)
October 4-6, 1992
Castles (Abbey Lincoln)
December 15, 1980
C'est Si Bon (Henry Betti, Andre Hornez, Jerry Seelen)
October 4-6, 1992
Chateau De Joux (Abbey Lincoln)
November 25-27, 2002
A Child Is Born (Thad Jones, Alec Wilder)
February 24 & 25, 1992
Christmas Cheer (Abbey Lincoln, R. B. Lynch)
ca. 1996
A Circle Of Love (Abbey Lincoln)
February 24 & 25, 1992
March 9, 2002
Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere)
October 4-6, 1992
Come Sunday (Duke Ellington)
March 25, 1959
Conversation With A Baby (Abbey Lincoln)
June 3-5, 1998
March 8, 2002
Crazy He Calls Me (Carl Sigman, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
November 5 & 6, 1956
November 6 & 7, 1987
Devil's Got Your Tongue (Abbey Lincoln)
February 24 & 25, 1992
November 22, 1992
March 8, 2002
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
July 1956
Don't Explain (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
October 28, 1957
November 6 & 7, 1987
Dorian (The Man With The Magic) (Ronnie Mathews, Abbey Lincoln)
June 23, 1973
Down Here Below (Abbey Lincoln)
July 4, 1993
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
ca. 1996
July 14, 1996
June 21, 1997
April 24, 1999
March 7, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Driva' Man (Max Roach, Oscar Brown, Jr.)
August 31, 1960
January 1964
January 14, 1964
ca. 1973
Evalina Coffey (The Legend Of) (Abbey Lincoln)
February 24 & 25, 1992
March 20, 1992
November 22, 1992
March 7, 2002
Exactly Like You (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
July 24, 1958
First Came A Woman (Abbey Lincoln)
October 4-6, 1992
March 9, 2002
First Song (For Ruth) (Charlie Haden, Abbey Lincoln)
February 21 & 22, 1990
For All We Know (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis)
November 6 & 7, 1987
ca. 1989
September 17, 2005
For Heaven's Sake (Elise Bretton, Sherwin Edwards, Don Meyer)
November 6 & 7, 1987
July 18, 1990
July 5, 1992
Freedom Day [aka Liberté] (Oscar Brown, Jr., Max Roach)
August 31, 1960
January 14, 1964
Garvey's Ghost (Max Roach)
August 1, 1961
Gimme A Pigfoot
November 6 & 7, 1987
Gloomy Sunday (Laszlo Javor, Sam M. Lewis, Rezso Seress)
November 6 & 7, 1987
God Bless The Child (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
January 9, 1982
July 1982
August 16, 1986
November 6 & 7, 1987
August 15-17, 1997
Golden Lady (Stevie Wonder)
February 4, 1980
August 16, 1986
Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)
October 28, 1957
A Heart Is Not A Toy (Abbey Lincoln)
ca. February 18, 2000
March 9, 2002
The Heel (Willard Robison, Léo Ferré, Lee Wilson)
July 18, 1990
Hey, Lordy Mama (Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone)
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
July 14, 1996
June 21, 1997
April 24, 1999
March 9, 2002
Hi-Fly (Randy Weston, Jon Hendricks)
February 21 & 22, 1990
July 18, 1990
How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin)
July 23 & 24, 1998
How High The Moon (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)
February 21 & 22, 1990
August 7, 1991
October 29, 1991
October 31, 1991
March 20, 1992
1993
July 4, 1993
Hum Drum Blues (Oscar Brown, Jr.)
March 26, 1959
I Am In Love (Cole Porter)
August 15, 1958
I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter)
October 9 & 10, 1959 - Alternate
October 9 & 10, 1959
I Could Sing It For A Song (Abbey Lincoln)
ca. February 18, 2000
March 7, 2002
I Didn't Know About You (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
November 5 & 6, 1956
I Got Thunder (And It Rings) (Abbey Lincoln)
February 21 & 22, 1990
October 29, 1991
October 31, 1991
October 18, 1992
ca. 1996
July 14, 1996
June 21, 1997
March 8, 2002
I Loves You Porgy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
October 28, 1957
October 28, 1957 - Alternate
I Must Have That Man (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
October 28, 1957
October 28, 1957 - Alternate
April 6, 1994
I Only Have Eyes For You (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
November 6 & 7, 1987
I Should Care (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
October 4-6, 1992
ca. 1996
July 14, 1996
June 21, 1997
April 24, 1999
I Sing A Song (Abbey Lincoln)
April 6 & 7, 1996
March 9, 2002
I Wake Up Smiling (Edgar Leslie, Fred E. Ahlert)
November 5 & 6, 1956
If I Only Had A Brain (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)
June 3-5, 1998
I'll Be Seeing You (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal)
November 6 & 7, 1987
July 14, 1996
I'll Drown In My Own Tears (Henry Glover)
March 26, 1959
Ill Wind (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
November 6 & 7, 1987
I'm In Love (Joan Griffin)
February 25 & 26, 1991
March 20, 1992
July 5, 1992
I'm Not Supposed To Know (Abbey Lincoln)
ca. February 18, 2000
In A Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills)
December 15, 1980
January 9, 1982
August 16, 1986
In The Red (Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, Chips Bayen)
February 22, 1961
July 3, 1993
July 4, 1993
It's Magic (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
August 15, 1958
It's Me, O' Lord (Traditional, Abbey Lincoln)
November 25-27, 2002
Japanese Dream (Clifford Jordan)
ca. 1973
Jitterbug Waltz (Thomas 'Fats' Waller)
October 4-6, 1992
July 14, 1996
Jungle Queen (Abbey Lincoln)
February 24 & 25, 1992
March 9, 2002
Just For Me (Jimmy Komack)
July 24, 1958
Kojo No Tsuki [aka Japanese Folk Song] (Rentato Taki, Bansui Tsuchii, Abbey Lincoln)
June 23, 1973
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (Ted Fiorito, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young)
ca. November 1959
Learning How To Listen (Abbey Lincoln)
June 3-5, 1998
March 9, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Left Alone (Mal Waldron, Billie Holiday)
February 22, 1961
Let Up (Abbey Lincoln)
ca. November 1959
Little Niles (Randy Weston)
August 15, 1958
Live For Life (Pierre Barouh, Francis Lai, Norman Gimbel)
February 21 & 22, 1990
July 18, 1990
Living Room (Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln)
June 23, 1973
Lonely House (Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes)
May 12, 1959
Lonesome Cup Of Coffee (Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
July 1956
Lonesome Lover (Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln)
February 27, 1962
January 18, 1964
Long As You're Living (Julian Priester, Tommy Turrentine, Oscar Brown, Jr.)
ca. November 1959
July 3, 1993
July 4, 1993
Look To The Star (Abbey Lincoln)
June 3-5, 1998
March 7, 2002
Lost In The Stars (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)
March 25, 1959
Love (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)
August 15, 1958
Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
January 18, 1964
Love Has Gone Away (Abbey Lincoln)
April 6 & 7, 1996
March 8, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Love Is Made (Abbey Lincoln)
November 25-27, 2002
Love Lament (R. B. Lynch)
April 6 & 7, 1996
Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
November 5 & 6, 1956
Love What You Doin' (Abbey Lincoln)
April 6 & 7, 1996
June 21, 1997
March 9, 2002
Lover Man (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
November 6 & 7, 1987
Lucky To Be Me (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
ca. February 18, 2000
The Maestro (Cedar Walton)
December 15, 1980
January 9, 1982
August 7, 1991
November 25-27, 2002
The Masquerade Is Over (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
ca. November 5, 1956
Mean To Me (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
ca. 1973
Mendacity (Max Roach, Chips Bayen)
August 1, 1961
The Merry Dancer (Abbey Lincoln)
February 24 & 25, 1992
October 18, 1992
November 22, 1992
March 9, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer, Johnny Burke)
June 3-5, 1998
April 24, 1999
ca. September 2000
Misty (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
ca. 1973
Monkery's The Blues [lyric version of Blue Monk] (Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln)
February 22, 1961
January 9, 1982
July 3, 1993
July 4, 1993
ca. September 25, 2006
Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)
May 19, 1996
July 14, 1996
June 21, 1997
ca. September 2000
The Music Is The Magic (Abbey Lincoln)
February 24 & 25, 1992
March 20, 1992
July 5, 1992
1993
July 3, 1993
July 4, 1993
March 7, 2002
March 8, 2002
March 9, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Music, Maestro, Please (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
July 24, 1958
My Love Is You (Abbey Lincoln)
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
March 9, 2002
My Man (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain)
October 28, 1957
My Way [aka Comme D'Habitude] (Claude Francois, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault, Paul Anka)
ca. 1973
Natas (Playmate) (Abbey Lincoln)
June 23, 1973
March 7, 2002
Naturally (Abbey Lincoln)
June 23, 1973
Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez)
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
July 14, 1996
The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
July 5, 1992
October 4-6, 1992
July 14, 1996
March 7, 2002
Never Leave Me (Gordon Jenkins)
October 9 & 10, 1959 - Alternate
October 9 & 10, 1959
No More (Toots Camarata, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
November 5 & 6, 1956
November 6 & 7, 1987
Not In Love (Abbey Lincoln)
December 15, 1980
Not To Worry (Abbey Lincoln)
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
March 7, 2002
Out Of The Past (Benny Golson)
August 15, 1958
September 29, 1958
Painted Lady (Abbey Lincoln)
February 4, 1980
A Part Of Me (Abbey Lincoln)
October 4-6, 1992 - Medley
Patty Pat And Midnight Variations (Max Roach)
May 1968
People In Me (Abbey Lincoln)
June 23, 1973
February 24 & 25, 1992
November 22, 1992
March 7, 2002
People On The Street (Abbey Lincoln)
January 9, 1982
November 1983
March 8, 2002
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Sidney Clare, Sam Stept)
November 6 & 7, 1987
Prelude (Max Roach)
April 27, 1968
Prelude (Heitor Villa-Lobos)
November 1983 - Medley
The Profit (Max Roach)
April 27, 1968
Rainbow (Melba Liston, Abbey Lincoln)
ca. 1973
February 24 & 25, 1992
Retribution (Julian Priester, Abbey Lincoln)
February 22, 1961
Rhythm-a-ning (Thelonious Monk)
July 5, 1992
The River (Abbey Lincoln)
November 1983
August 16, 1986
April 6 & 7, 1996
March 8, 2002
Running Wild (A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood)
November 25-27, 2002
The Search (Robert Wooldridge)
November 25-27, 2002
She Didn't Say Yes (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern)
July 1956
Should've Been (Abbey Lincoln)
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
July 14, 1996
March 9, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Six Bits Blues (Max Roach)
ca. 1963
Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
November 25-27, 2002
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
March 25, 1959
Somos Novios (Imposible) (Armando Manzanero)
ca. 1973
ca. February 18, 2000
Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills)
February 4, 1980
January 9, 1982
August 16, 1986
Soul Eyes (Mal Waldron)
November 6 & 7, 1987
Spread The Word
ca. 1956
Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (Frank Loesser)
February 24 & 25, 1992
1993
Story Of My Father (Abbey Lincoln)
February 24 & 25, 1992
March 8, 2002
Storywise (Abbey Lincoln)
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
March 7, 2002
Straight Ahead (Mal Waldron, Earl Baker, Abbey Lincoln)
February 22, 1961
August 15-17, 1997
Strange Fruit (Abel Meeropol [aka Lewis Allan])
November 6 & 7, 1987
Street Of Dreams (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis)
April 6 & 7, 1996
Strong Man (Oscar Brown, Jr.)
October 28, 1957
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (Johnny Mandel, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
February 25 & 26, 1991
Take Me In Your Arms (Alfred Markush, Mitchell Parish, Fritz Rotter)
November 5 & 6, 1956
Talking To The Sun (Abbey Lincoln)
November 1983
August 16, 1986
March 8, 2002
Tears For Johannesburg (Max Roach)
September 6, 1960
January 1964
January 14, 1964
Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
July 18, 1990
September 5 & 6, 1990
March 20, 1992
Tender As A Rose (Phil Moore)
October 28, 1957
July 5, 1992
April 23, 2000
That's Him (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
October 28, 1957
There Are Such Things (Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, George W. Meyer)
October 4-6, 1992 - Medley
These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey)
November 6 & 7, 1987
They Call It Jazz (Abbey Lincoln)
November 25-27, 2002
This Can't Be Love (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
ca. November 5, 1956
This Christmas (Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor)
ca. 1996
Through The Years (Bheki Mseleku, Abbey Lincoln)
August 19-21, 1993
November 25-27, 2002
Throw It Away (Abbey Lincoln)
February 4, 1980
August 16, 1986
March 20, 1992
July 5, 1992
November 22, 1992
1993
July 4, 1993
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
ca. 1996
July 14, 1996
June 21, 1997
ca. September 2000
March 7, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Thursday's Child (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand)
March 26, 1959
Time After Time (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
October 4-6, 1992
A Time For Love (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
February 25 & 26, 1991
Together (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
ca. November 5, 1956
Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace (Max Roach)
September 6, 1960
January 14, 1964
April 27, 1968
Troubled Waters (Traditional)
April 7, 1971
A Turtle's Dream (Abbey Lincoln, Laurent Cugny)
May 29, August 29, November 7 & 8, 1994
ca. 1996
Two Cigarettes In The Dark (Lew Pollack, Paul Francis Webster)
ca. November 5, 1956
[unknown title] (Composer Unknown)
September 18, 1996
November 26, 2000
[unknown titles] (Composer Unknown)
August 4, 1989
March 29, 1993
March 7, 1994
June 20, 1996
July 7, 1996
October 8, 1996
October 9, 1996
October 12, 1996
March 14, 1997
May 10, 2002
October 25, 2002
Up Jumped Spring [lyric version] (Freddie Hubbard, Abbey Lincoln)
February 25 & 26, 1991
October 18, 1992
A Waltz For Grace (Steve Williamson, Abbey Lincoln)
ca. 1990
Warm Valley (Duke Ellington)
July 4, 1993
Warm Valley [lyric version] (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
July 1956
A Wedding Song (Abbey Lincoln)
November 1983 - Medley
What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Harry M. Woods)
November 6 & 7, 1987
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
February 4, 1980
What Will Tomorrow Bring (Abbey Lincoln)
ca. February 18, 2000
March 8, 2002
When A Woman Loves A Man (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer, Bernie Hanighen)
October 28, 1957
September 29, 1958
When Autumn Sings (R. B. Lynch)
April 6 & 7, 1996
When I'm Called Home (Abbey Lincoln)
February 25 & 26, 1991
October 29, 1991
March 9, 2002
When Love Was You And Me [lyric version of The Summary] (Thad Jones, Abbey Lincoln)
February 21 & 22, 1990
October 29, 1991
October 31, 1991
When Malindy Sings (Paul Laurence Dunbar, Oscar Brown, Jr.)
February 22, 1961
April 27, 1968
ca. 1973
July 1982
When The Lights Go On Again (Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Bennie Benjamin)
ca. February 18, 2000
When There Is Love (Abbey Lincoln)
October 4-6, 1992
March 7, 2002
Whistling Away The Dark (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
November 1983
August 16, 1986
Who Used To Dance (Abbey Lincoln)
ca. 1996
April 6 & 7, 1996
March 9, 2002
Who Will Buy? (Lionel Bart)
January 1964
January 18, 1964
Wholly Earth (Abbey Lincoln)
September 5 & 6, 1990
August 7, 1991
July 5, 1992
1993
June 3-5, 1998
April 24, 1999
ca. September 2000
March 9, 2002
The Windmills Of Your Mind (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
ca. February 18, 2000
The World Is Falling Down (Abbey Lincoln)
February 21 & 22, 1990
August 7, 1991
October 31, 1991
March 20, 1992
July 5, 1992
July 4, 1993
March 7, 2002
ca. September 25, 2006
Would I Love You (Harold Spina, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
ca. November 5, 1956
Yellow Bird (Irving Burgie)
November 25-27, 2002
You And I (Stevie Wonder)
November 1983
You And Me Love (Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Rotella)
June 23, 1973
You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (John Benson Brooks, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
October 4-6, 1992
You Do Something To Me (Cole Porter)
July 1956
You Gotta Pay The Band (Abbey Lincoln)
February 25 & 26, 1991
October 29, 1991
October 31, 1991
July 5, 1992
March 8, 2002
You Made Me Funny (Abbey Lincoln)
February 25 & 26, 1991
October 29, 1991
October 31, 1991
March 7, 2002
You Must Believe In Spring (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
February 21 & 22, 1990
You Won't Forget Me (Kermit Goell, Fred Spielman)
October 4-6, 1992
You're My Thrill (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney)
July 1982
November 1983