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Dorothy Ashby

Real Name:
Dorothy Jeanne Ashby
Profile:
b. 6th August 1932, Detroit, Michigan, USA
d. 13th April 1986, Santa Monica, California, USA
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Discography

Releases:
Hip Harp (LP, Album, RP)   Prestige 1958
Soft Winds (Vinyl)   JAZZLAND 1961
Dorothy Ashby (Vinyl, Album)   Argo Records 1962
Afro Harping (Album) (5 versions)   Cadet Records ... 1968
Soul Vibrations / Lonely Girl (7", Single, Promo)   Cadet Records 1968
dorothy ashby plays for beautiful people (LP)   prestige 1969
Dorothy's Harp (Album) (2 versions)   Cadet Records 1969
The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby (Album) (3 versions)   Cadet Records ... 1970
Production:
Lean On Me: The Best Of Bill Withers (CD, Comp, RM) My Imagination Columbia 2000
Appears On:
The Magic Of Christmas (Album) (2 versions)   Cadet Records 1968
+'Justments (3 versions)   Sussex ... 1974
Adventures In Paradise (3 versions) Love And Its Glory Epic 1975
Fancy Dancer (LP)   Blue Note 1975
Everybody Come On Out (LP)   Fantasy 1976
Forever Taurus (LP)   Milestone Records 1976
Metamorphosis (LP, Album) Daniel Impulse! 1976
Songs In The Key Of Life (Album) (11 versions) If It's Magic Tamla ... 1976
Spirit (Album) (6 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
All 'N All (Album) (3 versions)   CBS 1977
Body Language For Lovers (LP, Album)   20th Century Records 1977
Ear Candy (2 versions)   Capitol Records ... 1977
Funk In A Mason Jar (LP) Pack Up Your Bass Arista 1977
Karen Pree (LP, Album)   MCA Records 1977
Maxi (LP)   Blue Note 1977
Nothing Will Be As It Was...Tomorrow (Album) (4 versions)   Warner Bros. Records ... 1977
Rejoice (Album) (4 versions)   Columbia ... 1977
Belle De Jour (LP, Album)   EMI Electrola, Butterfly Records (US) 1978
Love Affair (LP, Album) Penelope, Giant Steps Capitol Records 1978
Miracles (LP, Gat) Sad Rain CBS 1978
Pastiche (Album) (4 versions) Walk In Love Atlantic 1978
Bustin' Out Of L Seven (LP, Album, RP) Spacey Love, Jefferson... Gordy 1979
Come Into Our World (Album) (2 versions)   American Recording Company (ARC) ... 1979
I Am (Album) (9 versions)   CBS ... 1979
I'll Be Thinking Of You (Album) (2 versions) The Love Medley:, Drea... Elektra ... 1979
Late At Night (LP)   Motown, EMI Music (Netherlands) 1979
Satisfied (Vinyl, LP )   AM Records 1979
So Delicious (Album) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1979
Faces (Album) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1980
Shine The Light Of Love (LP, Promo)   Columbia 1980
Don't Give Up (Album) (2 versions) I Love Walking With You Warner Bros. Records 1981
This Kind Of Lovin' (3 versions)   Solar ... 1981
Touch (LP, Album) I Will Survive Columbia 1981
Playing Hard To Get (LP)   Spector Records International 1982
Kiddo (LP, Album)   A&M Records 1983
The Poet II (Album) (3 versions)   Beverly Glen Music ... 1984
The Source (Album) (3 versions) Heavensent CBS ... 1984
So Many Rivers (Album) (3 versions)   MCA Records Ltd. ... 1985
Satisfied (CD, Album)   Pony Canyon Inc. 1989
The Best Of Gap Band (CD, Comp, RM)   Mercury, Total Experience Records, Chronicles 1994
Everybody Come On Out (CD)   Fantasy 1996
Sweet Control The Best Of Jon Lucien (CD) Hello Like Before, Laura Razor & Tie 1999
The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (2xCD, Comp)   Columbia, Legacy 2002
Untinted (Sources For Madlib's Shades Of Blue) (CD, Comp) Please Set Me At Ease Blue Note 2003
Summer Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) Little Sunflower Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Jazz For Meditation (CD, Comp, RM) For Some We Loved Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2007
Psychedelic Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) The Moving Finger Boutique, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Free Soul - Essential Argo / Cadet Grooves Vol. 3 (Comp) (3 versions) Little Sunflower Charly Records Ltd. 1991
Respect - Essential Argo / Cadet Grooves Vol. 5 (Comp) (2 versions) The Moving Finger Charly Records Ltd. 1993
Action Line - Argo Cadet Grooves (CD) Action Line, Soul Vibr... Charly Records Ltd. 1994
Beats Breaks & Grooves (LP) Come Live With Me Beat Shack Records 1997
Dusty Fingers Volume One (LP, Comp) The Windmills Of Your ... Strictly Breaks Records 1997
Brewin' Up (CD) Joyfull Grass & Grape Fat City 2000
Finder's Keepers (Comp) (2 versions) Joyfull Grass & Grape Fat City 2000
Mojo Club Dancefloor Jazz Volume 9 - Never Felt So Free (2xLP, Comp) Soul Vibrations Universal Jazz (Germany) 2000
Strictly Breaks Volume 10 (LP) Cause I Need It Strictly Breaks Records 2001
Dusty Fingers Volume Seven (LP) Come Live With Me Strictly Breaks Records 2003
Chicago Soul (Comp) (2 versions) Soul Vibrations Soul Jazz Records 2004
Soul Source Supreme: Dawn (CD) Pawky Victor Entertainment Japan 2004
The Trip - Tom Middleton (2xCD, Promo) The Windmills Of Your ... Family Recordings (UK) 2004
The Trip Created By Tom Middleton (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) The Windmills Of Your ... Family Recordings (UK) 2004
The Complete Verve // Remixed (4xCD, Comp, Enh, Dig) Afro-Harping (Carl Cra... Verve Records 2005
Gold Digging - As Sampled By Jay-Z (2xCD, Comp) Cause I Need It Harmless 2006
Summer Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) Little Sunflower Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Jazz For Meditation (CD, Comp, RM) For Some We Loved Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2007
Collectors #1 (CD, Comp) Drink Volume (3) 2008
Psychedelic Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) The Moving Finger Boutique, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2008
Syndromes 2 (CD, Mixed, Promo, RE, Dig) Come Live With Me Beat Junkie Sound 2008
Dusty River Grooves - ESP DJ Classics Vol. 2 (CD, Comp) Essence Of Sapphire ESP DJ Classics 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Dusty Fingers Volume Four (LP, Comp, Unofficial) The Moving Finger Strictly Breaks Records 1998
The Jigga Collection 3 (2xLP) Cause I Need It Strictly Breaks Records 2004
Strictly Breaks - The Definitive Collector's Box Set (Box, Unofficial + CD, Comp, 192 + CD, Comp, Hig) Cause I Need It Strictly Breaks Records, Demon Light Music 2008
Diggin 5 (LP) Cause I Need It Diggin Breaks Records  
Soul Beats - Volume 3 (LP, Album) Come Live With Me Lost & Found Records  
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Dorothy Ashby, "Myself When Young" (middle section 2:01 - 4:44)