In a Minor Groove

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In a Minor Groove
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Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedSeptember 19, 1958
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length39:16
Label New Jazz
NJLP 8209
Producer Bob Weinstock
Dorothy Ashby chronology
Hip Harp
(1958)
In a Minor Groove
(1958)
Soft Winds
(1961)

In a Minor Groove (also released as Dorothy Ashby Plays for Beautiful People) is an album by American jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1958 and released on the New Jazz label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic reviewed a compilation that contains this album plus another awarding the package 4½ stars stating "This is a delightful package that deserves further recognition as a project unique to jazz and modern music, perfectly showcasing Dorothy Ashby as an individualist for the ages". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except where noted

  1. "Rascallity" – 3:54
  2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 3:59
  3. "It's a Minor Thing" – 3:56
  4. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 4:22
  5. "Bohemia After Dark" (Oscar Pettiford) – 6:19
  6. "Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona, Bob Russell) – 6:15
  7. "Autumn in Rome" (Sammy Cahn, Alessandro Cicognini, Paul Weston) – 5:33
  8. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:58

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 9, 2013
  2. 1 2 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed May 9, 2013