DOROTHY ASHBY
New Land Records is proud to present the first multi-disc box set from one of the most overlooked artists in jazz history: Dorothy Ashby. The six LPs contained within this lavish box set will give long overdue retrospection to her early works from 1957 to 1965, a period that found her represented by some of jazz music’s most important record labels: Regent, Prestige, Jazzland, Argo and Atlantic. The Jazz Harpist, Hip Harp w/ Frank Wess, In A Minor Groove w/ Frank Wess, Soft Winds: The Swinging Harp of Dorothy Ashby, Dorothy Ashby and The Fantastic Harp of Dorothy Ashby have been officially licensed with the full support of the Dorothy Ashby estate.
There is jazz royalty across these recordings, with appearances from Frank Wess, Eddie Jones, Wendell Marshall, Ed Thigpen, Herman Wright, Art Taylor, Roy Haynes, Terry Pollard, Jimmy Cobb, John Tooley, Willie Bobo, Grady Tate, Richard Davis and Jimmy Cleveland. Three albums were engineered by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder.
All albums were remastered and lacquers were cut by the exceptional Kevin Gray directly from the original analog tapes, except The Jazz Harpist and Dorothy Ashby, the original tapes of which unfortunately have been lost. Manufacturing was handled by Pallas and all albums are pressed on 180gm black vinyl and housed inside thick reverse-board sleeves.
At the centre of this package is a 44-page book featuring a foreword from GRAMMY-nominated harpist Brandee Younger. Impassioned and deeply researched liner notes by journalist Shannon J. Effinger provide historical context to Dorothy’s life, offering the most in-depth piece of writing ever committed to print on Dorothy, as well as interviews with those who knew her best.
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