Dorothy Ashby
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Imagine having been a Black female artist amp innovator in the 60s Imagine being a jazz musician with a focus on the concert harp Oh to be alive at that time in music in culture in politics This was Dorothy Ashby and she was so much more than her musical...
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Released on the Cadet label in 1970 this album s wondrous mix of spiritual and funky jazz and unique instrumentation defy categorization Harpist Ashby adds the koto a 13 stringed Japanese instrument to her arsenal and her long time arranger Richard Evans blends flutes vibraphone oboe kalimba and Ashby s...
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Dorothy Ashby was probably the greatest and certainly the most swinging jazz harpist of all time re purposing an instrument best known for ethereal glissandos into a fully versatile voice in combo settings capable of providing both instrumental embroidery and rhythmic drive But she was always fighting an uphill battle...
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Sowing Records present a reissue of Dorothy Ashby s debut album The Jazz Harpist originally released in 1957 by the Regent label Recognized as the woman who gave the harp a jazz voice here Ashby is at the head of a highly distinctive combo featuring Frank Wess on flute Eddie...
