Abbey Lincoln has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 14 January 2015. Abbey Lincoln's music has been featured on 28 episodes.

Abbey Lincoln (born Anna Marie Wooldridge on August 6, 1930, Chicago, Illinois – died August 14, 2010, Manhattan, New York), was a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress.

Her first album, Abbey Lincoln's Affair, A Story of a Girl in Love was released in 1956. Also that year Lincoln starred in the film The Girl Can't Help It, for which she famously wore a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe.

Lincoln sang on the 1960s landmark jazz civil rights recording, We Insist! -…