Dorothy & Frank Wess Ashby In a Minor Groove 7/27/18 Armed with banjos

Armed with banjos

Eddie collaborated with producer and label mate John Carroll Kirby Sundown follows singles Holy Hell

It was such a tough year

Through it all

Set Sail finds the brothers working with Jesse Williams on bass and Lamar Williams

Dorothy & Frank Wess Ashby In a Minor Groove 7/27/18 Armed with banjosDorothy Ashby was probably the greatestand certainly the most swingingjazz harpist of all time, re purposing an instrument best known for ethereal glissandos into a fully versatile voice in combo settings, capable of providing both instrumental embroidery and rhythmic drive. But she was always fighting an uphill battle in terms of garnering critical and commercial success; both her gender and the exoticism of her instrument often prevented her from