It's Magic (Abbey Lincoln album)

It's Magic is the third album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1958 for the Riverside label.

Reception
The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Because Abbey Lincoln has always been careful to sing songs that have a deep meaning for her, all of her recordings through the years are memorable in their own way; there are no duds in her discography... Recommended".

In an article for The Guardian, John Fordham noted that the album finds Lincoln "taking on the agenda and urgency of the civil rights movement and the edginess of a freer kind of jazz still to come," and commented: "'Ain't Nobody's Business'... and 'Little Niles'... are lyrically irresistible."

Track listing

 * 1) "I Am in Love" (Cole Porter) – 2:49
 * 2) "It's Magic" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 4:03
 * 3) "Just for Me" (Jimmy Komack) – 3:36
 * 4) "An Occasional Man" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:23
 * 5) "Ain't Nobody's Business" (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins) – 4:29
 * 6) "Out of the Past" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) – 4:46
 * 7) "Music, Maestro, Please!" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 3:18
 * 8) "Love" (Blane, Martin) – 2:41
 * 9) "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:55
 * 10) "Little Niles" (Randy Weston, Hendricks) – 5:03
 * Recorded in New York City on July 24 (tracks 3–5, 7 & 9) and August 15 (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8 & 10), 1958

Personnel

 * Abbey Lincoln – vocals
 * Kenny Dorham (tracks 3–5, 7 & 9), Art Farmer (tracks 1–2, 6, 8 & 10) – trumpet
 * Curtis Fuller – trombone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 & 8)
 * Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
 * Jerome Richardson (tracks 3–4 & 7), Sahib Shihab (tracks 1 & 8) – baritone saxophone, flute
 * Wynton Kelly – piano
 * Paul Chambers (tracks 3–5, 7 & 9), Sam Jones (tracks 1–2, 6, 8 & 10) – bass
 * Philly Joe Jones – drums