Abbey Lincoln's voice was a rare instrument -- scratchy and lived in, a voice that easily revealed her long and varied life experiences. But it was also a thing of great beauty.
James Gavin | Posted 05.25.2011
Within two days last week we lost two jazz greats, both of whom gave us much more than entertainment.
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011
Unashamedly aged, rough, ragged and under absolute control, Betty La Vette could find depths of longing and desperation in a lyric that the songwriters probably didn't even know existed.
Marlynn Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011