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Article: Unsung Heroes

Chu Berry, Joe Harriott, and Yusef Lateef

by Sean Dietrich
July 5, 2010

The role call for sax genius is a lengthy one. But upon briefly thumbing past names like Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins, one finds a glow beneath the surface radiating from lesser known players. Members of the vast sax community, who don't often get the same press other celebrated players receive. ...

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Killer Joe!

By Joe Harriott

Label: Giant Step Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: CD1: Summertime; April In Paris; Cherokee; Out Of Nowhere; Last Resort; Best Behaviour; How Deep Is The Ocean; Get Happy; Akee Blues; Jump For Me; Can't We Be Friends? Raymond-Overture Theme; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Chirracahaua; Teddi; The Song Is You; It Don't Mean A Thing; Blues In Threes. CD2: Introduction; Harlem; She's Funny That Way; Fascinating Rhythm; I'll Remember April; Easy To Love; You'll Never Know; Just Goofin'; Everything Happens To Me; Just Friends; Joe's Blues; Bang; With Every Breath I Take; A Night In Tunisia; The Big Fist; Blues Original; My Heart Belongs To Daddy.

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Article: Album Review

Joe Harriott: Killer Joe!

Read "Killer Joe!" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
June 6, 2007

Jamaican-born alto saxophonist, bandleader and composer Joe Harriott was destined to become a seminal figure in the evolution of British jazz in the 1960s. This two-disc collection of his earlier work in Britain is a primer in just what a gifted instrumentalist he was, covering as it does a range of his work from the mid-1950s--he ...

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Article: Profile

Joe Harriott: A Restless Soul

by Bobby Hancock
January 18, 2004

Jazz music is not unused to firebrands who push the music on in the face of adversity or mere ignorance. In fact they have been invaluable in ensuring that the music stays fresh and new. Emphasis on innovations in the music has been on Afro-Americans, and it is true that they have played the largest part. ...

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Article: Roads Less Travelled

Joe Harriott: Free Form and Abstract

by Nic Jones
November 25, 2003

A certain view of jazz history has us believe that responsibility for the evolution of the music lies exclusively in American hands. This is both too deterministic and a slight upon the music's power to move and to influence. As early as the late 1930s European players were making innovations of their own at the same ...

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