| That's Him! | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Abbey Lincoln with the Riverside Jazz Stars |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1957 |
| Recorded: | October 28, 1957 |
| Studio: | Reeves Sound Studios, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 48:48 |
| Label: | Riverside RLP 12-251 |
| Producer: | Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews |
| Chronology: | Abbey Lincoln |
| Prev Title: | Abbey Lincoln's Affair |
| Prev Year: | 1957 |
| Next Title: | It's Magic |
| Next Year: | 1958 |
That's Him! is the second album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.[1]
The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "even this early, she was already a major jazz singer with a style of her own".[2]
A reviewer for Billboard commented: "Miss Lincoln is a comer with a flare for the dramatic and an effective delivery... Material treated is provocative; some of it off-beat, some in the standard category."[3]
Eric Ajaye of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation noted that the album "marked the beginnings of a real change in the singer's style," and remarked: "While her debut was a flowery orchestral session featuring a big band with strings, this sophomore date pitted Abbey's expressive voice against some of New York's leading voices... Here, we get our first glimpse of a revitalised Abbey Lincoln, and both she and Roach would take this incandescent energy into the next decade with music made in response to the civil rights movement."[4]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Dorham is one of the most naturally vocal of the bop trumpeters and as such is an ideal partner, though it's the still underrated Kelly who carries the day."