Dorothy Ashby - Plays For Beautiful PeopleConsidered the most accomplished modern jazz harpist, Dorothy Ashby (1932 1986) established the harp as an improvising jazz instrument, beyond earlier use as a novelty or background orchestral instrument. She proved the harp could play bebop as adeptly as the instruments commonly associated with jazz. Presented here is one of her best albums, Dorothy Ashby Plays for Beautiful People (Prestige PR7639 also issued as In a Minor Groove), a 1958 quartet

they started playing drums when they were little kids

01 Safety 02 Cmon 03 Trying 04 Chest 05 Come On Home

where they were part of the city’s swirling underground scene

Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap

and traditional folk songs

” NYC Jazz Record

‘Body Talk’s guitar break has a bit of Slash from Guns n’ Roses mixed with a touch of Blackmore circa Rainbow

“This album is a lot more honest and personal than ‘Flux'” she shares

her and her husband's home recording studio in Long Beach

A Minute to Pray brings together the greatest band in American rock history: Dave Alvin (Blasters) on guitar

After more than a decade in New York

this album was under apperciated