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Dorothy Ashby (06 Aug 1932 - 13 Apr 1986)

Female Person - United States

Releases (14)

Official

Album

  1. The Jazz Harpist 21 Mar 1957
  2. Hip Harp 1958
  3. Soft Winds: The Swinging Harp of Dorothy Ashby 1961
  4. Dorothy Ashby 1962
  5. The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby 1965
  6. Afro‐Harping 1968
  7. Dorothy’s Harp Mar 1969
  8. The Rubáiyát of Dorothy Ashby 1970
  9. Concierto De Aranjuez 1983
  10. Django / Misty 1984
  11. Blue Haze

Album - Compilation

  1. Four Classic Albums Plus 2014
  2. Jazz After Midnight 10 Mar 2015
  3. With Strings Attached, 1957-1965 09 Jun 2023

Recordings by (112)

  1. Thou Swell 4:02 (21 Mar 1957)
  2. Stella by Starlight 3:09 (21 Mar 1957)
  3. Dancing on the Ceiling 7:31 (21 Mar 1957)
  4. Aeolian Groove 4:16 (21 Mar 1957)
  5. Quietude 2:52 (21 Mar 1957)
  6. Spicy 3:41 (21 Mar 1957)
  7. Lamentation 3:59 (21 Mar 1957)
  8. Pawky 7:07 (1958)
  9. Backtalk 5:07 (1958)
  10. Dancing in the Dark 4:45 (1958)
  11. Charmaine 4:04 (1958)
  12. Jollity 3:38 (1958)
  13. There's a Small Hotel 5:53 (1958)
  14. Moonlight in Vermont 5:17 (1958)
  15. Rascallity 3:55 (1958)
  16. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 3:59 (1958)
  17. It's a Minor Thing 3:55 (1958)
  18. Yesterdays 4:23 (1958)
  19. Bohemia after Dark 6:20 (1958)
  20. Taboo 6:16 (1958)
  21. Autumn in Rome 5:32 (1958)
  22. Alone Together 4:58 (1958)
  23. With Strings Attached 2:25 (1961) stereo
  24. Laura 2:59 (1961) stereo
  25. The Guns of Navarone 2:15 (1961) stereo
  26. Misty 2:42 (1961) stereo
  27. The Gypsy in My Soul 2:49 (1961) stereo
  28. Soft Winds 2:56 (1961) mono
  29. Wild as the Wind 4:21 (1961) mono
  30. The Man I Love 2:56 (1961) mono
  31. My Ship 3:40 (1961) mono
  32. Love Is Here to Stay 2:42 (1961) mono
  33. I’ve Never Been in Love Before 2:27 (1961) mono
  34. Lonely Melody 3:45 (1962)
  35. Secret Love 3:32 (1962)
  36. Gloomy Sunday 2:34 (1962)
  37. Satin Doll 5:08 (1962)
  38. John R 3:15 (1962)
  39. Li'l Darlin 4:29 (1962)
  40. Booze 2:15 (1962)
  41. Django 4:30 (1962)
  42. You Stepped out of a Dream 3:25 (1962)
  43. Stranger in Paradise 3:14 (1962)
  44. Essence of a Sapphire 3:11 (1965) stereo
  45. Why Did You Leave Me 2:56 (1965) stereo
  46. I Will Follow You 3:07 (1965) stereo
  47. House of the Rising Sun 2:55 (1965) stereo
  48. Flighty 3:30 (1965) mono
  49. Essence of Sapphire 2:14 (1965) mono
  50. What Am I Here For 2:21 (1965) mono
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. House of the Rising Sun 2:55 Dorothy Ashby (1965)

Instruments

  1. Aeolian Groove 4:16 Dorothy Ashby (21 Mar 1957) harp
  2. Dancing on the Ceiling 7:31 Dorothy Ashby (21 Mar 1957) harp
  3. Spicy 3:41 Dorothy Ashby (21 Mar 1957) harp
  4. Thou Swell 4:02 Dorothy Ashby (21 Mar 1957) harp
  5. Quietude 2:52 Dorothy Ashby (21 Mar 1957) harp
  6. Lamentation 3:59 Dorothy Ashby (21 Mar 1957) harp
  7. Stella by Starlight 3:09 Dorothy Ashby (21 Mar 1957) harp
  8. Moonlight in Vermont 5:17 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  9. Rascallity 3:55 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  10. Yesterdays 4:23 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  11. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 3:59 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  12. Dancing in the Dark 4:45 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  13. Charmaine 4:04 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  14. There's a Small Hotel 5:53 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  15. Jollity 3:38 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  16. Autumn in Rome 5:32 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  17. It's a Minor Thing 3:55 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  18. Alone Together 4:58 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  19. Bohemia after Dark 6:20 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  20. Taboo 6:16 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  21. Pawky 7:07 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  22. Backtalk 5:07 Dorothy Ashby (1958) harp
  23. The Man I Love 2:56 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  24. The Guns of Navarone 2:15 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  25. My Ship 3:40 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  26. I’ve Never Been in Love Before 2:27 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  27. The Gypsy in My Soul 2:49 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  28. Wild as the Wind 4:21 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  29. Misty 2:42 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  30. Soft Winds 2:56 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  31. Love Is Here to Stay 2:42 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  32. With Strings Attached 2:25 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  33. Laura 2:59 Dorothy Ashby (1961) harp
  34. Satin Doll 5:08 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  35. Stranger in Paradise 3:14 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  36. Django 4:30 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  37. John R 3:15 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  38. Booze 2:15 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  39. Gloomy Sunday 2:34 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  40. Lonely Melody 3:45 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  41. Secret Love 3:32 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  42. Li'l Darlin 4:29 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  43. You Stepped out of a Dream 3:25 Dorothy Ashby (1962) harp
  44. Essence of a Sapphire 3:11 Dorothy Ashby (1965) harp
  45. Flighty 3:30 Dorothy Ashby (1965) harp
  46. Feeling Good 5:15 Dorothy Ashby (1965) harp
  47. Dodi Li 2:18 Dorothy Ashby (1965) harp
  48. What Am I Here For 2:21 Dorothy Ashby (1965) harp
  49. Nabu Corfa 3:47 Dorothy Ashby (1965) harp

Credited as (4)

  1. Dorothy Ashby
  2. Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess
  3. Dorothy Ashby re-edited by Kill Emil
  4. Dorothy Ashby, Junior Mance

Works (3)

Composed

  1. With Strings Attached
  2. 'Cause I Need It
  3. Just Had to Tell Somebody

Links (20)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.whosampled.com/Dorothy-Ashby/
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82246155
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82246155
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6kw808p
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13933812p
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134317270
  7. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/dorothy_ashby

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Dorothy+Ashby

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/91960

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000159274

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1184349/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/64194869

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q530522

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/7966
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dAZ2slrElfR0Y5flcoSPt
  3. https://music.yandex.ru/artist/20612

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/3565080

Biographies

  1. http://www.spaceagepop.com/ashby.htm
  2. http://www.jazzharp.org/artist.php?id=27
  3. http://www.jazzwax.com/2012/01/dorothy-ashby-jazz-harpist.html