{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Afro-Harping | type = Studio | artist = Dorothy Ashby | cover = Afro-Harping.jpg | alt = | released = 1968 | recorded = February 1968<br><small>Ter Mar Studios, Chicago</small> | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Jazz-funk<ref>{{cite web |url=https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825081205/https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ |title=BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs |last=Gorton |first=TJ |website=BeatCaffeine |date=July 30, 2018 |archive-date=August 25, 2018 |access-date=September 19, 2021}}</ref>|soul jazz}} | length = 35:56 | label = Cadet<br><small>LPS-809</small> | producer = Richard Evans | chronology = Dorothy Ashby | prev_title = The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby | prev_year = 1965 | next_title = Dorothy's Harp | next_year = 1969 }}
'''''Afro-Harping''''' is an album by jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in February 1968 and released on the Cadet label.<ref>[http://bsnpubs.com/chess/cadet.html Cadet Album Discography (1965-1971)] accessed May 13, 2013</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''Mojo'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Andrew |first=Male |date=October 2024 |title=Dorothy Ashby: ''Afro-Harping'' |magazine=Mojo |page=97 |issue=371}}</ref> }} Ron Wynn of Allmusic deemed ''Afro-Harping'' "the best and most complete album" by Ashby, on which she "turned the harp into a lead instrument, and offered solos that were as tough and memorable as those done by any reed, brass, or percussion player."<ref name="Allmusic">Wynn, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/afro-harping-mw0000312845 Allmusic Review] accessed May 13, 2013</ref>
A reviewer of Dusty Groove called it "One of the grooviest records ever – a sublime blend of African percussion, soulful orchestrations, and Dorothy Ashby's amazing electric harp...breaking down genres and expectations in the trademark style of the best late 60s sides from the Chicago underground. The record's got a bit of funk, a bit of jazz, and a heck of a lot of soul – and the setting works perfectly for Dorothy's harp, giving it a lot more room to work around than some of her smaller jazz combo albums".<ref>{{cite web |title=Afro-Harping |url=https://www.dustygroove.com/item/517456?kwfilter=Dorothy+Ashby&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1&sort_order=artist |website=Dusty Groove |accessdate=17 June 2018}}</ref>
== Track listing == # "Soul Vibrations" (Richard Evans) - 3:22 # "Games" (Dorothy Ashby) - 3:57 # "Action Line" (Ashby) - 3:43 # "Lonely Girl" (Redd Evans, Neal Hefti, Jay Livingston) - 3:15 # "Life Has Its Trials" (Ashby) - 4:31 # "Afro-Harping" (Ashby, Phil Upchurch) - 3:01 # "Little Sunflower" (Freddie Hubbard) - 3:47 # "Valley of the Dolls" (André Previn, Dory Previn) - 3:35 # "Come Live With Me" (Russ Carlyle, Mike Caranda, Ivan Washabaugh) - 2:39 # "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:06
== Personnel == *Dorothy Ashby - harp *Unidentified orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Evans
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==External links== *[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/afro-harping-dorothy-ashby-cadet-review-by-joshua-weiner.php Review on Allaboutjazz.com] *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/muycool/sets/72157626877430975/ A Dorothy Ashby Discography] {{Dorothy Ashby}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Dorothy Ashby albums Category:1968 albums Category:Cadet Records albums Category:Jazz-funk albums