She was such a brilliant musician. When I was growing up, my parents used to go see her in Detroit. My father especially loved Jazz and she was very well known in Detroit.
I believe she was also at times a member of The Soulful Strings, which I didn't see referred to in any of the above posts. I think the SS were usually uncredited studio musicians, so she may not have played with them all the time, but according to this article she was definitely on their [[fantastic) Christmas LP:
http://funky16corners.com/?p=4503
Here's their brilliant version of "Merry Christmas Baby" with a vocalist who evokes what seems to me a combination of BB and Albert King!
http://www.mixcloud.com/artist/the-s...dorothy-ashby/
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