• The Jazz Harpist is the debut studio album by American jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby released in 1957 by the Regent label. Allmusic reviewed the album awarding...
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  • Dorothy Ashby (category American jazz harpists)
    jazz harpist, singer and composer. Hailed as one of the most "unjustly under loved jazz greats of the 1950s" and the "most accomplished modern jazz harpist...
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  • Nala Sinephro (category Jazz harpists)
    experimental jazz musician, currently based in London. She is best known for her ambient jazz compositions, where she predominantly plays the pedal harp...
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  • The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1965 and released on the Atlantic label. Allmusic reviewed...
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    Alice Coltrane (category American jazz harpists)
    American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and Hindu spiritual leader. An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, Coltrane...
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  • inherent in the sounds of the guitars and the notes of those arrangements." The final song, titled "Alice", is a dedication to the jazz harpist Alice Coltrane...
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    Zeena Parkins (category American jazz harpists)
    2014) Ross, Alex (March 27, 1993). "Zeena Parkins Avant-Garde Harpist Roulette". The New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2021. "Zeena Parkins". John Simon...
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  • an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in late 1969 and early 1970 and released on the Cadet label. On this album, Ashby plays the Japanese musical...
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    Brandee Younger (category American jazz harpists)
    Younger (born July 1, 1983) is an American harpist. Younger infuses classical, jazz, soul, and funk influences to the harp tradition pioneered by her predecessors...
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    Pedal harp (section Jazz)
    the US of the 20th century resulted in its spread into popular music. The first harpist known to play jazz was Casper Reardon, a pioneer in the world of...
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    Erin Hill (category American jazz harpists)
    Kathleen Hill is an American harpist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress. Her Celtic album hit #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart...
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  • Dorothy Ashby is a self-titled album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby, released on the Argo label in 1962. AllMusic rated the album 3 stars. All compositions by...
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  • (born 1996), Danish cyclist Casper Reardon (1907–1941), classical and jazz harpist Casper Ruud (born 1998), Norwegian tennis player Casper Schoppen (born...
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  • studio album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby released via the Philips Records label in 1984. The album is named after two famous jazz compositions. Design...
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  • Ashby (1932–1986) - American jazz harpist and composer Athy - Argentinian harpist and composer, also known as 'Athy, the electric harp' Baby Dee Winifred...
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  • Afro-Harping (category Jazz-funk albums)
    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...
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  • Dorothy's Harp is a studio album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby released in 1969 via the Cadet label. A few years after releasing Dorothy’s Harp, she started...
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  • Meyer – film director Jo Mielziner – stage designer Olivette Miller – jazz harpist Marvin Minsky – pioneer in artificial intelligence at MIT Tim Minton...
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  • as The Best of Dorothy Ashby) is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1958 and released on the Prestige label. Allmusic reviewed the album...
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  • Concierto de Aranjuez is a studio album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby released via the Philips Records label in 1984. The record is her final album as a leader...
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  • Corky Hale (category American jazz harpists)
    American jazz harpist, pianist, flutist, and vocalist. She has been a theater producer, political activist, restaurateur, and the owner of the Corky Hale...
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    Ed Thigpen (category American jazz drummers)
    was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio...
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    Sandy Bull (category Deaths from lung cancer in the United States)
    as a jazz harpist under the name Daphne Hellman. His parents were divorced in 1941, shortly after his birth. By his mother's second marriage to The New...
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    Savoy Records (redirect from Savoy Jazz)
    in jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel music. In September 2017, Savoy was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music. In the 1940s, Savoy recorded some of the biggest...
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  • insurance company. In the 1980s he returned to jazz and played on and off in swing jazz ensembles. With Dorothy Ashby The Jazz Harpist (Regent, 1957) With...
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    Joe Marsala (category American jazz clarinetists)
    Italian-American jazz clarinetist and songwriter. His younger brother was trumpeter Marty Marsala and he was married to jazz harpist Adele Girard. He...
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  • Geras (born 1944), English writer Adele Girard (1913–1993), American jazz harpist Adele Givens, American actress Adele Goldberg (linguist) (born 1963)...
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  • Erotica (Madonna album), 1992 Erotica (The Darling Buds album), 1992 Erótica, a 1981 album by Uruguayan jazz harpist Roberto Perera Erotica, a 2006 album...
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  • In a Minor Groove (category New Jazz Records albums)
    Beautiful People) is an album by American jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1958 and released on the New Jazz label. Allmusic reviewed a compilation...
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    You Make Me Feel Brand New (category The Stylistics songs)
    Philadelphia. Jazz harpist Brandee Younger and bassist Dezron Douglas played an instrumental version on the 2020 album Force Majeure. The song was sampled...
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