Label: Verve

Reissued 10/8/2021, Originally released 1991

You Gotta Pay The Band is the second of ten albums Abbey Lincoln recorded for Verve in the 1990s. Produced by Jean-Philippe Allard at French Polygram Jazz, this session is also arguably one of the best of her career. For one thing, the choice of colleagues was exactly right for her sense of what music should be. She asked for Stan Getz, Allard produced him, and the result is some of Getz's most deeply and gently attentive playing on record.

Track listing:

1. Bird Alone
2. I'm In Love
3. You Gotta Pay The Band
4. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime ?
5. You Made Me Funny
6. And How I Hoped For Your Love
7. When I'm Called Home
8. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
9. Up Jumped Spring
10. A Time For Love