Devil's Got Your Tongue
Devil's Got Your Tongue is the fifteenth album by Abbey Lincoln, and her third for Verve Records. It was released on October 13, 1992. The album peaked at number two on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart on April 10, 1993.
Critical reception
A reviewer for AllMusic stated: "Her interpretive skills and emotional commitment to the material are such that she can even take on a familiar standard like 'A Child Is Born' and make it her own. It's gratifying to see a major jazz label allowing Lincoln's musical vision to flourish and grow."The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Vocally and musically, the material is too dense, almost as if she is trying to recapture the contours of the old Candid sessions, but not recognizing that modern recording and production will tend to swamp arrangements like this."
Musicians
- Abbey Lincoln – vocals
- Rodney Kendrick – piano
- Marcus McLaurine – bass
- Grady Tate – drums
- Yoron Israel – drums
- James Louis "J.J." Johnson – trombone
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Maxine Roach – viola
- Babatunde Olatunji – Ngoma, Djembe, Ashiko & Shekere drums
- Kehinde O'Uhuru – Ashiko drum
- Sule O'Uhuru – Agogô bells, Djembe
- Gordy Ryan – Jun-jun drum
- The Staple Singers – backing vocals
- *Pops Staples, Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples
- The Noel Singers – backup singers
- *Ivan Archer, Giselle Brown, Queinton Caesar, Ronnie David, Shelby Ellis, Daylene Hunt, Clevie Jordan, Marie Leveque, Lucila Martinez, Jason Moses, Gregory Norman, Leigh-Ann Oadmore, Aleata Prince, Natasha Reeves, Tiffany Rivera, Linda Sanchez, Joann Santiago Sherrille Shabazz, Chante Slater, Karen Thompson, Teddy Turrene, Merlene West, Tasha Woodward
Production
- Producer – Jean-Philippe Allard
- Engineer – Rick Applegate
- Engineer – Jay Newland
- Engineer – Doug McKean
- Engineer – Sandy Palmer