Hip Harp Explained

Hip Harp
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess
Cover:	Hip Harp.jpg
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
Chronology:	Dorothy Ashby
Prev Title:	The Jazz Harpist
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	In a Minor Groove
Next Year:	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.^[1]

Reception

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

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

• Dorothy Ashby - harp
• Frank Wess - flute
• Herman Wright - bass
• Art Taylor - drums

Production

• Bob Weinstock - supervisor
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

External links

• A Dorothy Ashby Discography

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7100-series/#prlp-7140 Prestige Records discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/hip-harp-mw0000754741 Allmusic Review