Free Form (Joe Harriott album)

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Free Form
Studio album by
Joe Harriott
Released1961
RecordedNovember 1960
London, England
GenreJazz
Length46:10
LabelsJazzland
JLP 49
ProducersDenis Preston and Bill Grauer
Joe Harriott chronology
Southern Horizons
(1960)		 Free Form
(1961)		 Abstract
(1963)

Free Form is an album by the Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott recorded in England in 1960, second released on the Jazzland label.[1]

Origins

Six months after the release of the more conventional Southern Horizons, Harriott experimented here with what he termed "abstract music", recorded in November 1960 at Lansdowne Studios after intense rehearsal. The producer was once again Denis Preston, with Adrian Kerridge as the recording engineer.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Comparable to Ornette Coleman's recordings of the period, these eight pieces incorporate Harriott's hard bop influence, cutting through adventurous compositions.[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Harriott

  1. "Formation" - 6:13
  2. "Coda" - 8:00
  3. "Abstract" - 3:39
  4. "Impression" - 5:32
  5. "Parallel" - 5:42
  6. "Straight Lines" - 5:57
  7. "Calypso" - 4:44
  8. "Tempo" - 6:23

Personnel

References

  1. Jazzland Records discography accessed November 13, 2012
  2. Richard Morton Jack. Labyrinth: British Jazz on Record (2024), pp. 22-23
  3. "Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed November 13, 2012