It’s Magic (album)

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

Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "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".

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