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Dorothy Ashby - The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby

Label: Cadet Records
Catalog#: LPS 841
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country:US
Released:1970
Genre: Jazz
Style:
Credits: Arranged By, 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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Tracklisting:

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)
User Reviews:
lennylightweight, Sep 02, 2005

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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