{"id":12956,"date":"2024-03-10T09:23:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T09:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12956"},"modified":"2024-03-22T09:31:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T09:31:37","slug":"music-dorothy-ashby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12956","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Dorothy\u2019s Harp, Dorothy Ashby, 1969"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-GirWnc2xM8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_09_fourhalf-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12955\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_09_fourhalf-1-2.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_09_fourhalf-1-2-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Listening to and loving this 1979 recording, by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby. I have a couple of Ashby albums (<em>Afro Harping<\/em>, for example). But there\u2019s a lot more by her that I want to check out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I thought I\u2019d try this. And I\u2019m not at all disappointed. This recording finds Dorothy and co taking the jazz train in a funky R &amp; B direction, with a bit of pop and easy-listening thrown in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"316\" height=\"316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8681-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12957\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8681-1.jpg 316w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8681-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8681-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8681-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Also on the Cadet label.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are woodwinds, strings, funky backbeats, and covers of numbers such as one of my favourite sambossas, \u2018Canto d\u2019Ossanha\u2019, and even pop numbers like \u2018By The Time I Get to Phoenix\u2019, \u2018This Girl\u2019s in Love With You\u2019, and a fab rendition of \u2018Windmills of Your Mind\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess this is exactly the kind of recording many \u2018moldy fig\u2019 jazzers felt was ushering in the decline or commercialisation of jazz. I <em>can<\/em> see what they\u2019re getting at. But I have to beg to differ. Music, jazz as much or more so than any other form, continually evolves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I personally love it. And the truth is that right from its inception, jazz would take popular songs of the day (often from musicals), and jazz them up. When Dorothy and co. do so, they do it beautifully. I love their jazz samba reading of The Beatles \u2018Fool On The Hill\u2019, which closes this album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open hearted open minded open eared listeners could do a lot worse than check out Dorothy Ashby in general, and this terrific album in particular. Love it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"894\" height=\"887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12959\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8683-1.jpg 894w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8683-1-300x298.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8683-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8683-1-768x762.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8683-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a couple of sets combining several of Ashby\u2019s earlier recordings, such as the one above, which can be had very cheaply. The four albums pictured on the cover are included, plus a few tracks from a fifth LP, <em>Soft Winds<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly the one below, from Fresh Sounds, is sold out (at least on their website). This one includes <em>all<\/em> the tracks from all five albums, inc. <em>Soft Winds<\/em>, and is remastered. I must have one of these two. Preferably this one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"894\" height=\"766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8682-1.jpg 894w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8682-1-300x257.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8682-1-768x658.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listening to and loving this 1979 recording, by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby. I have a couple of Ashby albums (Afro Harping, for example). But there\u2019s a lot more by her that I want to check out. So I thought I\u2019d try this. And I\u2019m not at all disappointed. 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