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Dorothy ashby

LPDorothy ashby (vinyl)

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Considered one of the most unjustly underrated jazz greats of the 1950s, and certainly the most accomplished modern jazz harpist ever, Dorothy Ashby (1932-1986) established by herself the harp as an improvising jazz instrument. While until then the instrument had been just used as a novelty mixed with the sound of a string orchestra (as on Charlie Parker with Strings in 1950), Ashby proved the harp could play bebop as adeptly as any other instrument. Despite being titled just with her name, the 1961 LP presented here wasn't her debut album (she had previously issued three other starting with Jazz Harpist in 1954), but her fourth. THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 1 BONUS TRACK - 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL - LIMITED EDITION

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Artist DOROTHY ASHBY
Released 2025
Music Genre Jazz
Label Wax Time
Condition New
UPC 8435723701958
SKU eb-8435723701958

Track Listing

1.1 LONELY MELODY 3:48
1.2 SECRET LOVE (Paul Francis Webster-Sammy Fain) 3:36
1.3 GLOOMY SUNDAY (László Jávor-Sam M. Lewis-Rezsö Seress) 2:37
1.4 SATIN DOLL (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Johnny Mercer) 4:43
1.5 JOHN R. (Dorothy Ashby) 3:16
1.6 LI'L DARLIN' (Neal Hefti) 4:31
1.7 BOOZE (Dorothy Ashby) 2:13
1.8 DJANGO (John Lewis) 4:35
1.9 YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM (Nacio Herb Brown-Gus Kahn) 2:57
1.10 STRANGER IN PARADISE (Alexander Borodin-George Forrest-Robert Wright) 3:20
1.11 LAURA (David Raksin-Johnny Mercer) 3:07*
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