Dorothy Ashby - The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby

Label:

Cadet Records

Catalog#:

LPS 841

Format:

Vinyl, LP

Country:

Released:

1970

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Tracklist

A1	Myself When Young	5:16
A2	For Some We Loved	4:02
A3	Wax And Wine	4:25
A4	Drink	2:30
A5	Wine	3:56
B1	Dust	2:51
B2	Joyful Grass And Grape	3:38
B3	Shadow Shapes	3:32
B4	Heaven And Hell	3:10
B5	The Moving Finger	5:39

Credits

Arranged By, Conductor [Conducted By], Producer - Richard Evans (2)
Composed By - Dorothy Ashby
Engineer - Dave Purple
Flute, Oboe, Piccolo Flute - Lenny Druss* (tracks: A1-A5, B5)
Guitar - Cash McCall (tracks: B5)
Harp, Vocals - Dorothy Ashby
Kalimba - Fred Katz (tracks: A2, A3, B5)
Saxophone [Alto] - Cliff Davis (tracks: B5)
Vibraphone - Stu Katz (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1, B3, B4, B5)
Violin - Ed Green (2) (tracks: A2)

Notes

Original compositions inspired by the words of Omar Khayyam, arranged and conducted by Richard Evans
Recorded at Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, November 1969 - January 1970

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Review by monketta Aug 31, 2009

This for me is currently the best album I have ever heard. I think that Ms Ashby was far far ahead of her time with this one and it is a great inspiration to me at the present time.

Every track moves into a new phase of what I believe to be a very beautifully and skillfully crafted piece of work.

But, does anybody know who the rhythm section are?? I'd love to know, they're solid throughout and not mentioned in the liner notes, a tragedy! If you know please shout out

Rated 5/5

Review by lennylightweight Sep 02, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)

'The Moving Finger' is the track that beat heads hunted down for many years, heavy percussion, heavy drums, heavy strings and a spooky poem. Note the number of references to alcohol in the track titles, rumour has it that it was her love of the grape and maybe even grass that lead to her early death.

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