Harold Ashby
Harold Ashby (March 27, 1925, in Kansas City, Missouri, United States – June 13, 2003, in New York City) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He worked with Duke Ellington's band, replacing Jimmy Hamilton in 1968. In 1959, he recorded backing Willie Dixon on the latter's first album, Willie's Blues. After leaving the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1975, Ashby worked as a freelance musician and took part in various reunions of Ellington alumni, as well as recording and gigging with his own bands. Ashby suffered a heart attack in May 2003, and was hospitalized before dying at the age of 78, on June 13 that year. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 27, 1925 (Kansas City), Died June 13, 2003 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1954 - 1959
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor saxophone
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Chess | U7611 | 10-in. | February 1954 | Would you baby? | Willie Mabon | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Chess | U7612 | 10-in. | February 1954 | Late again | Willie Mabon | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Chess | 7842 | 10-in. | 5/31/1955 | If you're mine | The Allstars ; Willie Dixon | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Chess | 7873 | 10-in. | 7/31/1955 | Walking the blues | The Allstars ; Willie Dixon | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Chess | 7942 | 10-in. | Nov., 1955 | Crazy for my baby | Willie Dixon | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Chess | 7943 | 10-in. | Nov., 1955 | I am the lover man | Willie Dixon | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Chess | 7944 | 10-in. | Nov., 1955 | The pain in my heart | Willie Dixon | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | 106805 | 3/16/1959 | Cherry pink | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106806 | 3/16/1959 | Azure | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106807 | 3/16/1959 | Little white lies | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106808 | 3/18/1959 | Coral rock | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106809 | 3/18/1959 | Aqua-tonic | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106810 | 3/18/1959 | Maroon | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106811 | 3/18/1959 | Black and tan fantasy | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106812 | 3/18/1959 | Mood indigo | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106813 | 3/18/1959 | Blue serge | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106814 | 3/18/1959 | Golden cress | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106815 | 3/18/1959 | The moon was yellow | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 106816 | 3/18/1959 | Down of a greenhorn | Mercer Ellington Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ashby, Harold," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/302145.
Ashby, Harold. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/302145.
"Ashby, Harold." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Ashby, Harold - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87142595
Wikidata: Harold Ashby - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1375056
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/100917176
MusicBrainz: Harold Ashby - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cc292ec4-55e4-45be-8592-4ab2d31e2751
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