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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
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.