Heidi Martin Presents Abbey! Live Streaming Concert at An Die Musik Live

A tribute to Abbey Lincoln, “ABBEY!” Is a one-woman show with live Jazz Quartet

Michael Bowie, bass
Clarence Ward, trumpets/sax
Charles Wilson, drums
Colin Chambers, piano
Heidi Martin, vocals

“Documenting in text, music, staging, and sound quality the social genius of an artist once branded ‘misguided and nai?ve’ by jazz critics, ABBEY! is the product of considerable scholarship and deliberative editing on Martin’s part. Her performance also documents a personal relationship across race and generation between two women who met briefly in DC and NY and shared one three-hour phone call in the middle of the night. Clearly from the way Lincoln’s words have haunted Martin’s body…listeners will enjoy the paradoxical experience of hearing an unapologetic white artist respectfully channel the strength and beauty of jazz music’s first black power diva.” — Dr. Thomas Stanley, artist, author, and ethnomusicologist....

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A tribute to Abbey Lincoln, “ABBEY!” Is a one-woman show with live Jazz Quartet

Michael Bowie, bass
Clarence Ward, trumpets/sax
Charles Wilson, drums
Colin Chambers, piano
Heidi Martin, vocals

“Documenting in text, music, staging, and sound quality the social genius of an artist once branded ‘misguided and nai?ve’ by jazz critics, ABBEY! is the product of considerable scholarship and deliberative editing on Martin’s part. Her performance also documents a personal relationship across race and generation between two women who met briefly in DC and NY and shared one three-hour phone call in the middle of the night. Clearly from the way Lincoln’s words have haunted Martin’s body…listeners will enjoy the paradoxical experience of hearing an unapologetic white artist respectfully channel the strength and beauty of jazz music’s first black power diva.” — Dr. Thomas Stanley, artist, author, and ethnomusicologist.

Streaming cost is $5
Donations are welcomed.
The link will be revealed to you 15 minutes before the show
and will remain active through July 31

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