Hip Harp

1958 studio album by Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hip Harp (also released as The Best of Dorothy Ashby) is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1958 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Released1958
RecordedMarch 21, 1958
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length35:51
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Hip Harp
Studio album by
Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess
Released1958
RecordedMarch 21, 1958
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length35:51
LabelPrestige
PR 7140
PR 7638
ProducerBob Weinstock
Dorothy Ashby chronology
The Jazz Harpist
(1957)		 Hip Harp
(1958)		 In a Minor Groove
(1958)
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AllmusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[2]
Sputnikmusic4.1/5[3]
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Allmusic reviewed the album awarding it 4½ stars.[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except as indicated

  1. "Pawky" - 7:07
  2. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) - 5:17
  3. "Back Talk" - 5:07
  4. "Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:45
  5. "Charmaine" (Lew Pollack, Erno Rapee) - 4:04
  6. "Jollity" - 3:38
  7. "There's a Small Hotel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:53

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