JOE HARRIOTT
Hard Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / World Fusion / Post Bop / Bop • Jamaica
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Joe Harriott's music goes virtually unheard today, yet the alto saxophonist exerted a powerful influence on early free jazz in England. The Jamaican-born and raised Harriott played with his countrymen, trumpeter Dizzy Reece and tenor saxophonist Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, before emigrating to England in 1951. In London, Harriott worked freelance and in the band of trumpeter Pete Pitterson. In 1954, he landed an important gig with drummer Tony Kinsey; the next year he played in saxophonist Ronnie Scott's big band. His first album as a leader was 1959's Southern Horizon. Originally a bop-oriented player, Harriott gradually grew away from the conventions of that style. During a 1960 hospital stay, Harriott envisaged a new method of improvisation that, to an extent, paralleled the innovations of Ornette Coleman. Harriott was initially branded a mere imitator of Coleman, but close listening to both men reveals distinct differences in their respective styles. Harriott manifested
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Free Form
Avant-Garde Jazz
1961
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Abstract
Avant-Garde Jazz
1962
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Movement
Avant-Garde Jazz
1963
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Hum Dono
World Fusion
1969
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Genius
Post Bop
2000
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Journey
Hard Bop
2011
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