Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess In A Minor Groove Vinyl LP Due Out 11/09/26

Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess - In A Minor Groove

Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 11th September 2026

Tracklist:

1. Rascallity
2. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
3. It's a Minor Thing
4. Yesterdays
5. Bohemia After Dark
6. Taboo
7. Autumn in Rome
8. Alone Together

Dorothy Ashby was probably the greatest—and certainly the most swinging—jazz harpist of all time, re-purposing an instrument best known for ethereal glissandos into a fully versatile voice in combo settings, capable of providing both instrumental embroidery and rhythmic drive. But both her gender and the exoticism of her instrument often prevented her from being taken seriously among the hidebound environs of late ‘50s and ‘60s jazz. It is that very uniqueness of her sound and station in the jazz world, though, that has made her one of the most collectible musicians of her era, as her music has been sampled and celebrated by modern-day hip hop and world music artists (e.g. Jurassic Five, Bonobo) alike. "In A Minor Groove" is one of two albums she made in 1958 with flautist/saxophonist Frank Wess, and it is a marvel; backed by fellow Detroit native Herman Wright on bass and the great Roy Haynes on drums, she and Wess weave mesmerizing melodic threads through standards like “Alone Together” and “Yesterdays”. But perhaps the most amazing track is “Bohemia After Dark”, which displays Ashby’s uncanny ability to turn her harp into a rhythm guitar! For this reissue, the original mono sources are being used—not the rechanneled stereo and jumbled track listing that showed up on Prestige’s later repackaging called "Dorothy Ashby Plays For Beautiful People" . Original album art with Ira Gitler’s sleeve notes, too, pressed in clear with red, green, and purple swirl vinyl to match the sonic palette of this classic! Product Details Artist: Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess Title: In A Minor Groove (Clear/Red/Green/Purple Swirl Vinyl) Catalogue Number: LPRGM2203C Barcode: 848064022039 Label: REAL GONE MUSIC Tracklisting A1. Rascallity A2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To A3. It's A Minor Thing A4. Yesterdays B1. Bohemia After Dark B2. Taboo B3. Autumn In Rome B4. Alone Together