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String Along with Dorothy!
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A music with as complicated and rich a history as jazz is always going to be subject to rediscoveries and reappraisals and we wouldn't want it any other way. This fortnight's episode focuses on a pioneering practitioner on that truly rare avis, the jazz harp. Yes, we're diving into the early work of
Dorothy Ashby
harp1932 - 1996
Playlist
- Discussion of Dorothy Ashby's album The Jazz Harpist (Regent) Hip Harp (Prestige) and In A Minor Groove (New Jazz) 8:05
- Discussion of Dorothy Asbhy's album Soft Winds (Jazzland) 27:41
- Discussion of Dorothy Ashby's album Dorothy Ashby (Argo) 36:26
- Discussion of Dorothy Asbhy's album The Fantastic Harp (Atlantic) 46:33
- Pop Matters—in which Mike discusses
Gary Burton
vibraphoneb.1943
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