JAZZ LP: DOROTHY ASHBY Afro- Harping Cadet DJLPS 809 Promo Copy

Afro-Harping Featuring Soul Vibrations and Paul [sic} Upchurch, guitar, unnamed bassist, drummer and flute.  Original tunes by Dorothy Ashby, Richard Evans and Freddie Hubbard. Arranged, Conducted and Produced by Richard Evans. Recording Engineer Doug Brand. Cover Photo Don S. Bronstein. Album design Jerry Griffith with Harp from Lyon and Healy, Chicago, and African artifacts from Sticks & Stone, Harper’s Court, Chicago.  Recorded at Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, February 1968. Comes in a worn Cadet inner sleeve with LP images.  Liner notes on rear jacket by Del Shields, Executive Secretary, NATRA, WLIB, NYC.

Light blue Cadet promo label; color is faded.

(From the liner notes)   After studying in Detroit, then Wayne State University, the artist who had begun on piano emerged as the leading jazz harpist in the country.  She taught and led a number of groups, and recording sessions teamed her harp with bass and drums, with trombones, bass and drums, and with vibes, bass and drums. Recipient of the 1952 Downbeat International Jazz Critics Award, and that magazine’s readers’ award. Past recording projects teamed her with Richard Davis, Grady Tate, Willie Bobo, Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, Tony Studd, Sonny Russo, Terry Pollard, Herman Wright, Jimmy Cobb, John Tooley and others. 

Tracks: Soul Vibrations, Games, Action Line, Lonely Girl (From”Harlow”), Life Has Its Trials, Afro-Harping, Little Sunflower, Theme (From “Valley Of The Dolls,”) Come Live With Me, The Look Of Love.

VG+ with light scuffs and some tiny red specks on vinyl (plays through).  Jacket VG with edge wear, name written in ink on back, scuffing to jacket cover with edge wear,  no edge or spine splits, but medium to severe wear on spine and wear to top and bottom edges.  Light wear and small paint chip on back.

GRADING:

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