| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:activeYearsEnd | 1986 
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                                | gptkbp:activeYearsStart | 1950s 
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                                | gptkbp:award | DownBeat Critics Poll winner (harp) 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1932-08-06 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:causeOfDeath | gptkb:cancer 
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                                | gptkbp:collaboratedWith | gptkb:Stevie_Wonder gptkb:Bobby_Womack
 gptkb:Earth,_Wind_&_Fire
 gptkb:Dionne_Warwick
 gptkb:Freddie_Hubbard
 gptkb:Terry_Pollard
 gptkb:Bill_Withers
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1986-04-13 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Santa_Monica,_California,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:Wayne_State_University 
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                                | gptkbp:ethnicity | gptkb:African-American 
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                                | gptkbp:genre | jazz hard bop
 soul jazz
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Alice_Coltrane gptkb:Brandee_Younger
 Nala Sinephro
 
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                                | gptkbp:instrument | gptkb:piano gptkb:saxophone
 
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                                | gptkbp:label | gptkb:Verve_Records gptkb:Argo_Records
 gptkb:Cadet_Records
 gptkb:Atlantic_Records
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | pioneering use of harp in jazz 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:The_Rubaiyat_of_Dorothy_Ashby Afro-Harping
 Dorothy Ashby (self-titled album)
 Hip Harp
 In a Minor Groove
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:composer gptkb:arranger
 jazz harpist
 
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                                | gptkbp:parent | Wiley Thompson 
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                                | gptkbp:sampledBy | gptkb:Common gptkb:Dr._Dre
 gptkb:Jay-Z
 gptkb:J_Dilla
 gptkb:Pete_Rock
 gptkb:Flying_Lotus
 gptkb:Madvillain
 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | John Ashby 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Soft_Winds gptkb:If_It's_Magic
 gptkb:The_Rubaiyat_of_Dorothy_Ashby
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Dorothy Ashby 
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