Dorothy & Frank Wess Ashby In a Minor Groove 7/27/18 music is not solely about

music is not solely about its sound

but also a very trippy laid back and louche LA cool

Through it all

It was such a tough year

Armed with banjos

Dorothy & Frank Wess Ashby In a Minor Groove 7/27/18 music is not solely aboutDorothy Ashby was probably the greatestand certainly the most swingingjazz harpist of all time, re purposing an instrument best known for ethereal glissandos into a fully versatile voice in combo settings, capable of providing both instrumental embroidery and rhythmic drive. But she was always fighting an uphill battle in terms of garnering critical and commercial success; both her gender and the exoticism of her instrument often prevented her from