Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess’ In A Minor Groove reissued for the first time

Harp-fuelled jazz visions.

Harp maestro Dorothy Ashby and flautist/saxophonist Frank Wess’ collaborative 1958 album In A Minor Groove is being reissued for the first time, this April via Real Gone Music.

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In A Minor Groove was the second of two albums Ashby released with Wess that same year following Hip Harp, and features Herman Wright on bass and Roy Haynes on drums. Listen to ‘Yesterdays’ below.

Released on neon green vinyl, the LP has been remastered from the original mono tapes, with replica cover art and jazz historian Ira Gitler’s liner notes.

Pre-order a copy here ahead of its 26th April release, see the cover art and check out the tracklist below.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Rascallity
2. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
3. It’s A Minor Thing
4. Yesterdays

Side B

5. Bohemia After Dark
6. Taboo
7. Autumn In Rome
8. Alone Together