Biography
Joe Harriott’s music moves virtually unheard today, the alto saxophonist exerted a robust impact on early free of charge jazz in Britain. The Jamaican-born and elevated Harriott used his countrymen, trumpeter Dizzy Reece and tenor saxophonist Wilton “Bogey” Gaynair, before emigrating to Britain in 1951. In London, Harriott worked well freelance and in the music group of trumpeter Pete Pitterson. In 1954, he got a significant gig with drummer Tony Kinsey; another year he performed in saxophonist Ronnie Scott’s big music group. His first recording as a innovator was 1959’s Southern Horizon. Originally a bop-oriented participant, Harriott steadily grew from the conventions of this style. Throughout a 1960 medical center stay, Harriott envisaged a fresh approach to improvisation that, for an level, paralleled the enhancements of Ornette Coleman. Harriott was branded only imitator of Coleman, but close hearing both guys reveals distinct distinctions in their particular designs. Harriott manifested a far more explicit philosophical reference to bebop, to begin with, and his music was even more worried about ensemble relationship than was Coleman’s early function. The 1960 record Free Form, including trumpeter Tremble Keane, pianist Pat Smythe, bassist Coleridge Goode, and drummer Phil Seaman, illustrated Harriott’s brand-new techniques. From 1965, he started fusing jazz with numerous kinds of globe folk musics. He collaborated with Indian musician John Mayer on an archive — 1967’s Indo-Jazz Suite — that used modal and free of charge jazz techniques. The album’s traditional jazz quintet instrumentation was augmented by way of a violin, sitar, tambura, and tabla. Harriott’s documented result was scarce and practically none from it remains on the net.
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Composer
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Heads I Win | 1963 | Short | |
Ten Bob in Winter | 1963 | Short |
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Music Department
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Heads I Win | 1963 | Short arranger |
Self
Self
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Love You Madly: A Salute to Duke Ellington | 1969 | TV Movie | Himself - Alto Saxophone |
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