Saxophonists · 1925–2003

Harold Ashby

American musician (1925–2003)

Born: 27 March 1925
Kansas City
Died: 13 June 2003
New York City
Country: United States
Record labels: Black & Blue
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Harold Ashby was a jazz musician who played saxophone. Harold Ashby was born on 27 March 1925 in Kansas City and died on 13 June 2003 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Black & Blue.

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.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Tenor Stuff 1961

Also plays on

Albums where Harold Ashby is credited as a sideman

1971	New Orleans Suite — Duke Ellington	clarinet, tenor saxophone, reeds
1982	It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing — Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer	reeds