Dorothy Ashby, Bebop Harp

Unlike most of the music we revel in here at WU, this piece is actually beautiful and accomplished. The weirdness factor is the chosen instrument, the harp, not generally accorded a place in jazz.

The Wikipedia page for Dorothy Ashby.

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 25, 2020
Category: Music | Twentieth Century

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There have been other well-known jazz harpists, for example, Alice Coltrane (wife of John Coltrane) and Brandee Younger.

Posted by ges on 01/25/20 at 06:09 PM

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