Abbey Lincoln

Advertisement | ad infoShe released nine more albums for Verve, the last, "Abbey Sings Abbey," which featured reinterpretations of her own compositions, in 2007.

Lincoln also acted again for the first time in decades, with a brief role in the 1990 Spike Lee film "Mo' Better Blues." In 2003, the National Endowment for the Arts recognized her with its Jazz Masters Award, the nation's highest jazz honor..

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