Dorothy Ashby
Dorothy Jeanne Ashby
appears on 4 albums
American jazz harpist
Born August 6, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, died April 13, 1986 in Santa Monica, California
Worked with Stanley Turrentine, Wendell Marshall, Shirley Scott, Art Taylor, Stan Getz, Jimmy Cobb and others. She was taught to play the harp by Velma Froude at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, who would teach Alice McLeod (better known as ) a couple of years later. She had two music publishing houses and .
Member of
- The All Stars