Hip Harp

Hip Harp
Hip Harp
Studio album by Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess
Released	1958
Recorded	March 21, 1958; Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:51
Label	Prestige; PR 7140; PR 7638
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Dorothy Ashby chronology

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.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Sputnikmusic	4.1/5^[3]

Allmusic reviewed the album awarding it 4½ stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except as indicated

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

Personnel

Production

Bob Weinstock - supervisor
Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

References

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

External links

A Dorothy Ashby Discography

[1] Prestige Records discography accessed May 9, 2013

[Allmusic-2] Allmusic Review accessed May 9, 2013

[3] "Dorothy Ashby: Hip Harp". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

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v t e Dorothy Ashby
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	The Jazz Harpist (1956) Hip Harp (with Frank Wess, 1958) In a Minor Groove (with Frank Wess, 1958) Soft Winds (1961) Dorothy Ashby (1961) The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (1965) Afro-Harping (1968) Dorothy's Harp (1969) The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby (1970) Concierto de Aranjuez (1983) Django/Misty (1984)