I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.

1990: The World Is Falling Down (Verve Records)
1991: You Gotta Pay the Band (Verve Records) with Stan Getz Hank Jones Charlie Haden Mark Johnson Maxine Roach
1992: Devil’s Got Your Tongue (Verve Records)
1992: When There is Love (Verve Records) with Hank Jones
1993: The Music is the Magic (Recorded live at Sweet Basil Jazz Club New York City; ITM Records) with Rodney Kendrick Michael Bowie Yoron Israel
1994: A Turtle’s Dream (Verve Records) with Roy Hargrove Kenny Barron Pat Metheny
1996: Who Used to Dance (Verve Records) with Graham Haynes Steve Coleman Oliver Lake
1998: Wholly Earth (Verve Records) with Nicholas Payton Bobby Hutcherson
2000: Over the Years (Verve Records)
2003: It’s Me (Verve Records)
2007: Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve Records)
With Max Roach
Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (Mercury 1959)
We Insist! (Candid 1960)
It's Time (Impulse! 1961). She was mentioned in Maya Angelou's autobiography The Heart of a Woman as a close friend. Johnson Stanley Turrentine Babatunde Olatunji and The Staple Singers among others.