Dorothy Ashby Afro-Harping

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• Afro-Harping is the first of a rarfied and outstanding trilogy of soul-jazz albums by Dorothy Ashby. Remastered from the original tapes, Afro-Harping is filled front-to-back with sumptuous and hypnotic grooves. Its African percussion, soulful orchestrations, in-the-pocket rhythms and Dorothys virtuosity take it beyond jazzy mood music and made it a favorite of beat heads and producers.

  Afro-Harping is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1968 and released on the Cadet label.

  Ron Wynn, in his review for Allmusic, calls the album “the best and most complete album done by jazz harpist (a rare style) Dorothy Ashby… She turned the harp into a lead instrument, and offered solos that were as tough and memorable as those done by any reed, brass, or percussion player.

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