Dorothy Ashby - Afro HarpingA BONA FIDE CULT CLASSIC, AFRO HARPING IS THE FIRST OF A RAREFIED AND OUTSTANDING TRILOGY OF SOUL JAZZ ALBUMS BY DOROTHY ASHBY THAT WERE PRODUCED FOR CADET RECORDS (CHESS) BY RICHARD EVANS BETWEEN 1968 AND 1970. Remastered from the original inch tapes by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios, Afro Harping is filled front to back with sumptuous and hypnotic grooves. Its African percussion, soulful orchestrations, in the pocket rhythms and Dorothys

the Bajas went ever-deeper-and-higher on these records

they released a string of UK gold albums throughout the 1980s experimenting with jazz

which routinely defy the presumed polarities of wit and empathy

"was improvised pretty much fully-formed

the album also features special guests Robert Randolph

from the outset Johnson was the group's sole constant member

intertwining deeply personal stories with his love for the era of Romanticism

The Battle of Baktan Cross

spazzed out songs

Time To Tell

Opening with ‘Leave Home’

Reissue of Djavan's debut LP