{"product_id":"dorothy-ashby-frank-wess-in-a-minor-groove-mono-green-purple-swirl-vinyl-387570","title":"Dorothy Ashby \u0026 Frank Wess – In a Minor Groove (Mono, Green \u0026 Purple Swirl Vinyl)","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDorothy Ashby \u0026amp; Frank Wess's \u003cem\u003eIn a Minor Groove\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e captures a 1958 meeting that still feels unusual in the best way: Ashby pushing the harp far beyond decorative jazz colour, and Wess answering her with flute and sax lines that keep the session light on its feet. At a time when Ashby was too often underestimated because of both her instrument and her place in the late-1950s jazz world, records like this showed just how fully she could turn the harp into a rhythmic, hard-swinging lead voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBacked by Herman Wright on bass and Roy Haynes on drums, the quartet moves through standards and originals with real snap and elegance. \"Yesterdays\" and \"Alone Together\" show how naturally Ashby and Wess can thread melody through a small-group setting, while \"Bohemia After Dark\" is the clearest demonstration of Ashby's gift for making the harp behave almost like a rhythm guitar. The result is melodic, airy and grounded at once rather than simply pretty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album has also grown in stature well beyond its original release. Ashby's work later became widely sampled and admired by hip-hop and left-field producers, which helps explain why this session is now prized as one of the key early statements in her catalogue. This edition also matters because it restores the album from the original mono sources, rather than the later rechanneled stereo repackaging that reshuffled it as \u003cem\u003eDorothy Ashby Plays for Beautiful People\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen \u0026amp; Purple Swirl Vinyl, Limited Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMono, taken from the original mono sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal album art and Ira Gitler sleeve notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jazz-music-vinyl-records\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eLP\u003cbr\u003e1. Rascallity\u003cbr\u003e2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To\u003cbr\u003e3. It's A Minor Thing\u003cbr\u003e4. Yesterdays\u003cbr\u003e5. Bohemia After Dark\u003cbr\u003e6. Taboo\u003cbr\u003e7. Autumn In Rome\u003cbr\u003e8. Alone Together\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Dutch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613455847489,"sku":"6739579","price":62.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/176188-dorothy-ashby-frank-wess-in-a-minor-groove.jpg?v=1791173721","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/dorothy-ashby-frank-wess-in-a-minor-groove-mono-green-purple-swirl-vinyl-387570","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}