Were there more justice in jazz history, alto saxophonist Joe Harriott would be acknowledged as a pioneer in the flowering of postbebop explorations in the early 1960s. A Jamaica native, Harriott made his biggest mark in the jazz world with his British quintet when they recorded Free Form and Abstract in the very-early 1960s. His brainy phrases accentuated lots of Caribbean elements (including tactical use of silence) as well as heaps of abstractions. Indo-Jazz Fusion catches Harriott in great form playing in a standard jazz quintet (with one of jazz trumpet's true greats, Kenny Wheeler) playing alongside a quintet of Indian musicians led by John Mayer. The droning sitars and raga structures, along with the ricochets of Indian hand percussion, make both great solid frames and sliding, dramatic backdrops for Harriott and Wheeler to blow, albeit in measured phrases rather than wide-open amounts. Harriott's pithy, sometimes piercing phrases are ideal when folded into Wheeler's wide-tone blowing. It's certainly a strange recording, but it's fantastically pulled together. --Andrew Bartlett
Indo-Jazz Suite,Joe Double Quintet Harriott,John Mayer,Koch Records,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop
Jazz Music:
- Invisible City
- Iron City
- Jazz Alley Tapes (With Clayton) [Live]
- Jazz for Kids, Vocalese
- Koln Concert [Gold CD] [Import]
- Labyrinth: Daedalus Project
- Live at Bernie's [Live] [SACD]
- Live at M.O.C.A. [Live]
- Lounging at the Waldorf [Import]
- Moving Through Taboos [Import]
Jazz Music
Party Charts 2005: Die Erste [Import]
Soul Heart Transplant: The Lamp Sessions
Rondes Enfantines V.2 [Import]
Ten Summoner's Tales (DTS Edition) [Enhanced]
Steal Their Gold/Thousand Cuts [CD-single] [Import]
The Harry Partch Collection Volume 3
That's What I Call Jazz [Import]
Presents Super Salsa Singers V.3 [Import]