That's Him!
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| That's Him! | ||||
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| Studio album by Abbey Lincoln with the Riverside Jazz Stars | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | October 28, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 48:48 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 12-251 | |||
| Producer | Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Abbey Lincoln chronology | ||||
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That's Him! is the second album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.[1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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]
