Jazz Articles about Joe Harriott-Amancio D’Silva Quartet

Joe Harriott-Amancio D’Silva Quartet: Hum Dono

by Duncan Heining
January 26, 2015

All credit to Dutton Vocalion for making Hum Dono available again. It's open to question, of course, whether the record should be seen as a Harriott date at all. The Goan guitarist, Amancio D'Silva, is certainly more than a junior partner here and provides five of the record's six tunes, as well as shaping its whole vibe. The only track credited to Harriott is the short improvised duet with drummer Bryan Spring, “Sping Low, Sweet Harriott." Perhaps Hum Dono is ...