Dorothy Ashby

About

Dorothy Jeanne Thompson, better known as Dorothy Ashby, was an American jazz harpist, singer and composer. Hailed as one of the most "unjustly under loved jazz greats of the 1950s" and the "most accomplished modern jazz harpist," Ashby established the harp as an improvising jazz instrument, beyond earlier use as a novelty or background orchestral instrument, proving the harp could play bebop as adeptly as the instruments commonly associated with jazz, such as the saxophone or piano.

Source: Wikipedia

Top Tracks

1. 1

   Come Live With Me

   Afro-Harping

2. 2

   Little Sunflower

   Afro-Harping

3. 3

   The Windmills Of Your Mind

   Dorothy's Harp

4. 4

   Theme From "Valley Of The Dolls"

   Afro-Harping

5. 5

   By The Time I Get To Phoenix

   Dorothy's Harp

6. 6

   Lonely Girl

   Afro-Harping

7. 7

   Love Is Blue

   Dorothy's Harp

8. 8

   Pawky

   Hip Harp (Japan)

9. 9

   Canto De Ossanha

   Dorothy's Harp

10. 10

    Soul Vibrations

    Afro-Harping

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