Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess - Hip Harp LP

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Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess - Hip Harp LPLimited clear vinyl LP pressing. Sowing Records present a reissue of Hip Harp by Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess, originally released in 1958. Born in Detroit in 1932, Dorothy Ashby can be easily recognized as the woman who gave the harp a jazz voice. In her hands, the harp, an originally classical instrument which seemed to just scare people, became a highly versatile swinging voice able to drive a whole jazz rhythm section. Recorded in 1958 by master

Legend knows his chops and delivers an all-time classic R&B album ready for the new millennium

the label he set up with his manager

Working with arranger and string player Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal

Containing a sublime mixture of funk

a blend of melody and muscle that packs a punch in spite of its tumultuous origin

1 Laughing Man (Still Some Light) 2

decked out insequins or nothing at all

1 Rare to Wake 1

after everything had wrapped

Matt Helders (drums

With Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3