That's Him! is the second album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.[1]

That's Him!
Studio album by
Abbey Lincoln with the Riverside Jazz Stars
Released1957
RecordedOctober 28, 1957
StudioReeves Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length48:48
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-251
ProducerBill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
Abbey Lincoln chronology
Abbey Lincoln's Affair
(1957)
That's Him!
(1957)
It's Magic
(1958)

Reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
MusicHound Jazz     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide     [5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz     [6]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "even this early, she was already a major jazz singer with a style of her own".[2]

A reviewer for Billboard commented: "Miss Lincoln is a comer with a flare for the dramatic and an effective delivery... Material treated is provocative; some of it off-beat, some in the standard category."[7]

Eric Ajaye of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation noted that the album "marked the beginnings of a real change in the singer's style," and remarked: "While her debut was a flowery orchestral session featuring a big band with strings, this sophomore date pitted Abbey's expressive voice against some of New York's leading voices... Here, we get our first glimpse of a revitalised Abbey Lincoln, and both she and Roach would take this incandescent energy into the next decade with music made in response to the civil rights movement."[8]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Dorham is one of the most naturally vocal of the bop trumpeters and as such is an ideal partner, though it's the still underrated Kelly who carries the day."[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Strong Man" (Oscar Brown, Jr.) – 5:04
  2. "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 5:57
  3. "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 3:57
  4. "Tender as a Rose" (Phil Moore) – 3:00
  5. "That's Him" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 3:26
  6. "I Must Have That Man!" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:00
  7. "I Must Have That Man!" [take 3] (Fields, McHugh) – 3:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Porgy" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:27
  9. "Porgy" [take 1] (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 4:28
  11. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) – 6:39

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed September 13, 2012
  2. ^ a b c Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 13, 2012
  3. ^ Holtje, Steve; Lee, Nancy Ann (1998). MusicHound: The Essential Album Guide. Schirmer. p. 710.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 894. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 426.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 538.
  7. ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Jazz Albums". Billboard. February 3, 1958. p. 44 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Ajaye, Eric (February 18, 2024). "'That's Him' Abbey Lincoln". ABC. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  9. ^ Enstice, Wayne; Stockhouse, Janis (2004) Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-One Musicians. p. 203. Indiana University Press.