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In A Minor Groove

Dorothy Ashby Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars 10 customer reviews
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

  1. Pawky
  2. Moonlight In Vermont
  3. Back Talk
  4. Dancing In The Dark
  5. Charmain
  6. Jollity
  7. There's A Small Hotel
  8. Rascallity
  9. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
  10. It's A Minor Thing
  11. Yesterdays
  12. Bohemia After Dark
  13. Taboo
  14. Autumn In Rome
  15. Alone Together

Product Details

  • Audio CD (August 13, 1992)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Prestige
  • ASIN: B000000ZDR
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,018 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 starsUnique and beautiful jazz
By Peter E. Johansen on March 14, 2006
Format: Audio CD
If I had to make a list of favorite obscure CDs this would surely be on it. I'd recommend this to just about anyone with an interest in jazz, especially since this is really two great albums compiled on one CD. I've never heard the harp played anything like this, like some sort of otherworldly guitar. And the flutist Frank Wess is wonderful as well. This is one I keep coming back to when I want to listen to something that just makes me feel good. The whole group just works together so well, at times approaching the lyrical intensity of just about anything I can think of short of Bill Evans. Roy Haynes (or Arthur Taylor) on drums is as always brilliant. I almost wonder why this isn't considered a jazz classic, and this certainly transcends any kind of novelty interest in a jazz harpist or a female jazz instrumentalist.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Great Sound
By C. Fischer on July 3, 2002
Format: Audio CD
I bought this album because I wanted to hear some new some new instruments playing jazz, and the sound samples of this album at amazon.com were divine, so I bought this album straight away. I was not disappointed.
In accompaniment to Frank Wess's exemplary flute solos, Ashby plays her harp more like a guitar, and in her own solos, more like a piano. But rest assured, you know you're hearing a harp when you listen, and there's almost nothing else out there that sounds like this. Like the liner notes say, this is not "the hairiest jazz"--at times you can hear very classical patterns, but that just adds to the uniqueness. So far my favorite is the final track from the "Hip Harp" half of the CD, called There's a Small Hotel.
I disagree with the other reviewer's comment that "intonation is a problem" and think that their statement that intonation problems were common in jazz at that time is way off base. The recording is from the 1950s and at time there is some definitely audible fuzz on some of the tracks, but the musicians on this album are consummate professionals and you can hear it in their playing.
I urge anyone interested in bebop jazz or in the harp to buy this CD.
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4.0 out of 5 starsYes, there is such a thing as "jazz harp."
By Calvin Stokes (theharper@aol.com) on September 14, 1998
Format: Audio CD
This album is actually a combination of 2 previously released LPs. It is unique in its flavor of straight-ahead jazz for the harp. The instrumentation is Harp, Flute, Bass, and Drums. While intonation is often a problem (as was generally the case in jazz at that time), the overall performance is amazingly merit-worthy, well beyond the novelty aspect. Dorothy's ability to improvise on the harp is still unmatched to this day. It is well worth the buy for anyone interested in the still-infant world of "Jazz Harp."
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3.0 out of 5 stars2 studio albums = 75 minutes
By Donald E. Gilliland on April 11, 2015
Format: Audio CD Verified Purchase
I bought Ashby's "Afro-Harping" CD last year and was very impressed, so I ordered this collection as well. It's good, but I wasn't nearly as moved by these songs as I was by the ones on "Afro-Harping." Certainly nothing bad about this CD at all; this is a nice, pleasant collection of songs (2 studio albums on 1 CD; "Hip Harp" and "In a Minor Groove") but unlike a few other reviewers I think it falls short of being "amazing."

In addition to Ashby's impressive harp playing, obviously a seldom-used instrument in jazz music, the other predominant sound is the flute playing by Frank Wess. While the drum and bass players supply a steady tempo and rhythm, sounding very much like you'd expect jazz musicians to sound like, it's the harp and flute that really distinguish these songs. At times the lovely vibe becomes so sweet that it orders on easy listening, especially when the group is playing standards such as "Moonlight in Vermont" of "Autumn in Berlin", but when Ashby gets in that "minor groove" mode and stretches out, the more inventive sounds start to take shape. All in all, this is a very smooth and listenable CD, but if you haven't heard Ashby before I'd definitely recommend "Afro-Harping" as the one to get first. 75 minutes in total.
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5.0 out of 5 starsI Often Give This CD as a Gift
By R. Howard Courtney on May 17, 2010
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I am lucky enough to have known Dorothy many years ago when we both lived in Michigan, before she died of cancer. Of her many albums, this compilation of two albums I once had on LPs, is my favorite and over the years have purchased numerous copies to give as gifts. I was greatly surprised when I began to ask harpists who perform with symphony and opera orchestras if they had ever heard of Dorothy. Without exception they all had and were familiar with her recordings. She made quite a few recordings over the years and little-by-little they have been released in CD format. Even though that is the case, many are very difficult to locate and were only made available for a short period of time. Fortunately, this compilation has been available for many years.
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