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1958 studio album by Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess
Hip Harp
Studio album by Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess
Released1958
RecordedMarch 21, 1958
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length35:51
LabelPrestige
PR 7140
PR 7638
ProducerBob Weinstock
Dorothy Ashby chronology
The Jazz Harpist
(1957)
Hip Harp
(1958)
In a Minor Groove
(1958)

Hip Harp (also released as The Best of Dorothy Ashby) is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1958 and released on the Prestige label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Sputnikmusic4.1/5

Allmusic reviewed the album awarding it 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except as indicated

  1. "Pawky" - 7:07
  2. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) - 5:17
  3. "Back Talk" - 5:07
  4. "Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:45
  5. "Charmaine" (Lew Pollack, Erno Rapee) - 4:04
  6. "Jollity" - 3:38
  7. "There's a Small Hotel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:53

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 9, 2013
  2. ^ Allmusic Review accessed May 9, 2013
  3. "Dorothy Ashby: Hip Harp". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

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Dorothy Ashby
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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