My apologies for how late
this “Sunday music” post is!
We continue our DorothyAshby series with a track from her 1984 Phillips album, Django/Misty; here we
have Ashby’s take on John Lewis’ composition, “Django”, named of course after
the great guitarist Django Reinhardt.
There isn’t much
background information available on the Django/Misty recording. Ashby
recorded this & Concierto de Aranjuez for Phillips in 1984; they
were her final albums as a leader, & indeed came after a 14 year absence as
a leader on a recording. Before Django/Misty, her previous lead had been
on the 1970 Cadet release, The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby. Ashby did
considerable work as a sideman in the 1970s, however, appearing with such
notables as Stanley Turrentine, Bill Withers, Billy Preston, Freddie Hubbard,
as well as on Stevie Wonder’s great Songs in the Key of Life album—yes,
that’s Ashby playing harp on “If It’s Magic”.
We’ll return next Sunday
(I hope next Sunday!) with the final installment in the Ashby series. Enjoy!
Image links to its source
on Wiki Commons:
Per Wiki Commons: This is
the cover art for the album Django/Misty by the artist Dorothy Ashby. The cover
art copyright is believed to belong to Philips Records.
Wiki Commons claims “Fair
Use” for the image.
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