DOROTHY ASHBY DISCOGRAPHY FREE DOWNLOAD

She was commended by her fellow educators in the Detroit school system for her achievements in education. Ashby's trio, including her husband, John Ashby, on drums, regularly toured the country, recording albums for several record labels. So Ashby overcame their initial resistance and built up support for the harp as a jazz instrument by organizing free shows and playing at dances and weddings with her trio. In , Ashby won Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' awards for best jazz performers. Consequently most people that know something about jazz know something about Dorothy Ashby. Later in her career, she would make recordings and perform at concerts primarily to raise money for the Ashby Players theatrical productions.

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Critic Scott Yannow writes, "There have been very few jazz harpists in history and Dorothy Ashby was one of the greats. The theatrical production group "The Ashby Players" not only produced black theater in Detroit discgoraphy Canada but provided early theatrical and acting opportunities for black actors.

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Dorothy Ashby Discography

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. In the s as part of the explosion of African-American self expression and culture that was birthed as an outgrowth of the Civil Rights Movement, there was also a sudden outburst of African American theater groups across the United States. In recognition of the impact of the internet recently this list has been expanded to include digital download compilations created by music distribution networks to distribute music online.

Dorothy Ashby together with her husband, John Ashby produced a number of plays that celebrated and illustrated the new sense of African American pride and culture that existed along with the demonstrations and civil unrest that were prevalent at the time.

American Women in Jazz: Royal Stokes for his book Living the Jazz Life, she remarked of her career, "It's been maybe a triple burden in that not a lot of women are becoming known as jazz players.

Most people still lack a comprehensive knowledge of the full impact that Dorothy Ashby had on music in general.

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They are "Dorothy Ashby: During the s, she also had her own radio show in Detroit. Extending her range of interests and talents, she also worked with her husband on a theater company, the Ashby Players, which her husband founded in Detroit, and for which Dorothy often wrote the scores.

They created a series of theatrical musical plays that Dorothy and John Ashby produced together as this theatrical company, the Ashby Players of Detroit. At first dotothy fellow jazz musicians were resistant to the idea of adding dogothy harp, which they perceived as an instrument of classical music and also somewhat ethereal in sound, into jazz performances.

Retrieved January 17, Most of the music that she wrote for these plays is available only on a handful of the reel to reel tapes that Dorothy Ashby recorded herself.

Dorothy Ashby

She was a child prodigy who played violin, saxophone, harp and guitar and was giving concerts at the age of twelve and gave harp demonstrations throughout her early career. Dorothy Thompson grew up around music dodothy Detroitwhere her father, guitarist Wiley Thompson, often brought home fellow jazz musicians.

Ashby died from cancer on April 13,in Santa Monica, California. In the late s, the Ashbys gave up touring and settled in California where Dorothy broke into the studio recording system as a harpist through the help of the soul singer Bill Withers, who recommended her to Stevie Wonder.

There is also the connection with black women.

She could improvise jazz bebop on the harp and she excelled at it. They know that she was unique because she played jazz harp.

There was no Black Entertainment Network in Retrieved from " https: One of her more noteworthy performances in contemporary popular music was playing the harp on the song "If It's Magic" on Stevie Wonder's album Songs in the Key of Life. She also personally instructed young harpists and inspired musicians to this day.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Consequently most people that know something about jazz know something about Dorothy Ashby.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Retrieved January 11, By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Dorothy Jeanne Thompson August 6, — April 13,[1] [2] [3] better known as Dorothy Ashbywas an American jazz harpist and dorkthy.

These two new sets are on display but they are also still in development. She attended Wayne State University in Detroit, where she studied piano and music education.