{"product_id":"dorothyashbytherubaiyatofdorothyashby","title":"Dorothy Ashby - The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby (2023 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIssued on Cadet in 1970, \u003cem\u003eThe Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby \u003c\/em\u003eis really a left-field offering for the jazz harpist. But being a jazz harpist was -- and remains -- an outside thing in the tradition. Her previous offerings on Prestige were pure, hard bop jazz with serious session players soloing all over them. She made recordings for Atlantic and Jazzland before landing at Chess in 1968 with \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/dorothy-ashby-afro-harping-2024-deluxe-edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAfro-Harping\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e which began her partnership with arranger Richard Evans. Ashby became content as an iconoclast and was seemingly moving forward toward the deep well of spiritual jazz in the aftermath of John Coltrane's death and the recordings of Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn this set for Cadet, she again teams with Evans who wears the hats of producer, arranger, and conductor of a string section and the record goes in a somewhat different direction. Whereas \u003cem\u003eAfro-Harping\u003c\/em\u003e hit on a direction for Ashby and cemented her relationship with Evans, Rubaiyat realizes that partnership in total. With a band that included a host of percussion instruments — Stu Katz played vibes and kalimba, and Fred Katz played a second kalimba, Cash McCall was enlisted as guitarist, Cliff Davis played alto saxophone, and Lenny Druss played flute, oboe, bass flute, and piccolo. There is also a bass player and a drummer but they are not credited. For her part, Ashby played her harp, but she also brought the Japanese koto into the mix as well as her voice. \u003cem\u003eRubaiyat \u003c\/em\u003eis no ordinary jazz vocal album. It is exotic, mysterious, laid-back, and full of gentle grooves and soul. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/the-rub%C3%A1iy%C3%A1t-of-dorothy-ashby-mw0000583622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1lkHqLPShXtXFc0s9LVAo9?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Verve Records, Cadet\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Verve By Request\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2023 \/ Original Release: 1970\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Soul-Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Jazz \/\/ Soul-Jazz \/ Jazz-Funk\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cadet \/ Verve \/ Universal Music Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456770875550,"sku":"602448990716","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/356ce51b6e8d1aaf4a4e08bfa0faadfa805ed9ce.jpg?v=1646296730","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/dorothyashbytherubaiyatofdorothyashby","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}