Indo-Jazz Suite

by The Joe Harriott and John Mayer Double Quintet

Type: Album
Released: November 1966
Label: Columbia
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 35:20
Community rating: 4.04/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Allan Ganley, Joe Harriott, Keshav Sathe, Coleridge Goode, John Mayer, Diwan Motihar, Kenny Wheeler, Chandrahas Paigankar, Pat Smythe, Chris Taylor

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived by violinist John Mayer and alto saxophonist Joe Harriott, this project attempts a strict structural integration of a western jazz quintet with a traditional Indian ensemble. The compositions alternate between composed modal themes and improvisational passages based on specific ragas, establishing early Indo-jazz fusion.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, suite, rhythmic, fusion, improvisational, experimental, long-form

Tracklist

Overture (8:07)
Contrasts (9:24)
Raga Megha (8:39)
Raga Gaud-Saranga (9:08)

Credits

The Joe Harriott Double Quintet - primary artist
Joe Harriott - alto saxophone
Coleridge Goode - bass
Denis Preston - design [sleeve design], supervised by
Allan Ganley - drums
Adrian Kerridge - engineer
Chris Taylor - flute
Charles Fox - liner notes [sleevenotes]
Michael Joseph - photography by
Pat Smythe - piano
Diwan Motihar - sitar
Keshav Sathe - tabla
Chandrahas Paigankar - tambura
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
John Mayer - violin, harpsichord, written-by