Dorothy Ashby
The Fantastic Jazz Harp Of Dorothy Ashby (LP)
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This is the sixth album by Dorothy Ashby, a Detroit born jazz harpist who passed away in her early 50s in 1986 way before her time. She left us a rich legacy of music with this 1965 release being one of her milestones. The music is pure bright and swinging with a joyful mood. Dorothy Ashby performs her lines big time with her harp and captures your soul with the melodies she picks from its strings. She is always there upfront while the brass section mostly fills the background with colour if there is not a short solo part for the trumpet. Typical for the ancient jazz there are no vocals to be heard on this record but this only adds to the depth and intriguing atmosphere of the music. She starts where Coltrane has left the field of real song oriented albums for his experimental efforts and really pulls it off.
| A1 | Flighty | 3:30 | |
| A2 | Essence Of Sapphire | 2:14 | |
| A3 | Why Did You Leave Me | 2:58 | |
| A4 | I Will Follow You | 3:08 | |
| A5 | What Am I Here For | 2:21 | |
| B1 | House Of The Rising Sun | 3:01 | |
| B2 | Invitation | 2:59 | |
| B3 | Nabu Corfa | 3:47 | |
| B4 | Feeling Good | 5:15 | |
| B5 | Dodi Li | 2:18 |
- Cliff Condak
- Artwork
- Richard Davis
- Bass
- Loring Eutemey
- Design
- Grady Tate
- Drums
- Tom Dowd
- Engineer
- Dorothy Ashby
- Harp
- Bob Rolontz
- Liner Notes
- Willie Bobo
- Percussion (A1, A41 to B5)
- Arif Mardin
- Supervised By
- Ollie McLaughlin
- Supervised By
- Jimmy Cleveland
- Trombone (A3, A5, B1, B3, B5)
- Quentin Jackson
- Trombone (A3, A5, B1, B3, B5)
- Sonny Russo
- Trombone (A3, A5, B1, B3, B5)
- Tony Studd
- Trombone (A3, A5, B1, B3, B5)
