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The Jazz Harpist

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Released
  
March 21, 1957

Length
  
29:31

Artist
  
Dorothy Ashby

Producer
  
Ozzie Cadena

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August 1956

The Jazz Harpist (1957)
  
Hip Harp (1958)

Release date
  
21 March 1957

Label
  
Trunk Records

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Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.

Similar
  
Dorothy Ashby albums, Jazz albums

Dorothy ashby the jazz harpist lp 1957


The Jazz Harpist is the debut studio album by American jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby released in 1957 by the Regent label.

Contents

Dorothy ashby the jazz harpist 1957


Reception

Allmusic reviewed the album awarding it 4½ stars stating "Her first, and best, album has Frank Wess on flute".

Track listing

All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except as indicated

  1. "Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers) - 4:02
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 3:09
  3. "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Hart, Rogers) - 7:31
  4. "Aeolian Groove" - 4:16
  5. "Quietude" - 2:52
  6. "Spicy" - 3:41
  7. "Lamentation" - 4:03

Personnel

  • Dorothy Ashby - harp
  • Frank Wess - flute
  • Eddie Jones (tracks 3, 6 & 7), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) - bass
  • Ed Thigpen - drums

    • Production

  • Ozzie Cadena - supervisor
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

    • Songs

    1Thou Swell4:02
    2Stella by Starlight3:09
    3Dancing on the Ceiling7:31

    References

    The Jazz Harpist Wikipedia
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