Dorothy Ashby: The Rubáiyát Of Dorothy Ashby (Verve By Request Series) LP ETJS-3.1 Nice Things12

Nice Things12

Gregory Porter made his Blue Note debut with Liquid Spirit in 2013

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it’s a date to savour

Diana Krall's Glad Rag Doll features mainly her imaginative and masterful interpretations of jazz and vaudeville tunes from the 1920s and 30s

Dorothy Ashby: The Rubáiyát Of Dorothy Ashby (Verve By Request Series) LP ETJS-3.1 Nice Things12Cadet, 1970 Whilst still infused with the soul of her earlier albums, The Rubiyt of Dorothy Ashby is the album where the harpist stretched her musical and intellectual horizons. The string ensemble wears all of conductor arranger Richard Evans soulful fingerprints. Drums and percussion remain funky and tight, but Dorothy, determined to push boundaries, is also playing the Japanese Koto a sort of hybrid between the harp and zither. The title is