Joe Harriott

alto saxophone · 1928–1973 · Kingston (Jamaica)

Jamaican saxophonist who settled in London in 1951, he moved from bebop to the "free form" that he developed from 1960. In the late 1960s he co-created the Indo-Jazz Fusions with violinist John Mayer.

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Styles

• British jazz
• Free jazz
• Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's)

Landmark tracks

• Formation (1960)
• Partita (1967)

Sources

• Source

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