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    Dorothy Ashby The Jazz Harpist

    WaxTime
      • 1. Thou Swell
      • 2. Stella By Starlight
      • 3. Dancing On The Ceiling
      • 4. Aeolian Groove
      • 5. Quietude
      • 6. Spicy
      • 7. Lamentation

      Very rare jazz album debut from Dorothy Ashby recorded, pre-dating her Cadet years by a decade. A lovely facisimile issue on the Doxy label. 

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