Dorothy Mae Ashby CHESAPEAKE – Dorothy Mae Ashby, 64, of the 400 block of Harbour North Drive, departed this life May 17, 2008. Born in Chesapeake, she was the widow of Melvin Ashby. She was ...

There are certain instruments that struggled for attention in the years when the jazz ecology was an overwhelmingly male preserve--or rather, when many men perceived jazz to be a male preserve, and a ...

This is FRESH AIR. The harp has never been commonplace in jazz, but it's not a novelty either. In the '50s, Dorothy Ashby pioneered a space for the instrument, mastering bebop, soul, jazz and other ...

Including touches of jazz and soul greats Dorothy Ashby, Minnie Riperton, and Bobbi Humphrey, Li takes us through the influences that define her second album below. Melody’s Echo Chamber – “Where the ...

Ashby, Dorothy Welch, 95, passed away February 4, 2012. Born July 13, 1916 in Tombstone, AZ to Guy and Grace Welch, she grew up in Whittier, graduating from Whittier College in 1938. In 1936 she ...