Double vinyl LP pressing. 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.
A1 Bird Alone
Arranged By [Viola] – Randolph Noel*
Viola – Maxine Roach
A2 I'm In Love
Music By, Words By – Joan Griffin
A3 You Gotta Pay The Band
B1 Brother, Can You Spare A Dime ?
Music By – Jay Gorney
Words By – E.Y. Harburg
B2 You Made Me Funny
B3 And How I Hoped For Your Love
Music By – R.B. Lynch
Words By – Abbey Lincoln
C1 When I'm Called Home
C2 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Music By – Johnny Mandel
Words By – Alan And Marilyn Bergman*
C3 Up Jumped Spring
Music By – Freddie Hubbard
Words By – Abbey Lincoln
D1 A Time For Love
Arranged By [Viola] – Randolph Noel*
Music By – Johnny Mandel
Viola – Maxine Roach
Words By – Paul Francis Webster