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In a Minor Groove

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Released
  
1958

Artists
  
Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess

Producer
  
Bob Weinstock

Genre
  
Jazz

In a Minor Groove(1958)
  
Dorothy Ashby(1961)

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
New Jazz Records

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Recorded
  
September 19, 1958Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Similar
  
Dorothy Ashby albums, Jazz albums

In a Minor Groove (also released as Dorothy Ashby Plays for Beautiful People) is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1958 and released on the New Jazz label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic reviewed the album awarding it 4½ stars stating "This is a delightful package that deserves further recognition as a project unique to jazz and modern music, perfectly showcasing Dorothy Ashby as an individualist for the ages".

Track listing

All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except as indicated

  1. "Rascallity" – 3:54
  2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 3:59
  3. "It's a Minor Thing" – 3:56
  4. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 4:22
  5. "Bohemia After Dark" (Oscar Pettiford) – 6:19
  6. "Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona, Bob Russell) – 6:15
  7. "Autumn in Rome" (Sammy Cahn, Alessandro Cicognini, Paul Weston) – 5:33
  8. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:58

Personnel

  • Dorothy Ashby – harp
  • Frank Wess – flute
  • Herman Wright – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

    • Production

  • Bob Weinstock – supervisor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

    • Songs

    1Rascallity3:55
    2You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To3:59
    3It's a Minor Thing3:55

    References

    In a Minor Groove Wikipedia
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