Afro-Harping

Dorothy Ashby · 1968

Context

Title track of the Cadet album recorded in Chicago in February 1968, co-written by Dorothy Ashby and Phil Upchurch, with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Evans. Allmusic considers the album the harpist's most accomplished; she made the harp a solo instrument.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.

Sources

• EN: Afro-Harping
• EN: Dorothy Ashby

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