Abstract
by The Joe Harriott Quintet
- Type: Album
- Released: 1963
- Label: Columbia, Capitol
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 28:35
- Community rating: 4.08/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Coleridge Goode, Phil Seamen, Pat Smythe, Shake Keane
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A landmark of European jazz, this album illustrates Joe Harriott's unique 'free form' concept, developed in Britain parallel to Ornette Coleman's innovations in the US. The music achieves freedom from fixed chord changes and meter while maintaining a strong sense of structure and melody.
Genres
Descriptors: saxophone, improvisation, avant-garde, complex, dissonant
Tracklist
Credits
- Joe Harriott Quintet - primary artist
- Joe Harriott - alto saxophone, leader, sleeve notes, written-by
- Coleridge Goode - bass
- Frank Holder - bongos
- Peter Leslie - design [sleeve]
- Bobby Orr - drums
- Phil Seamen - drums
- Yvonne de Miranda - painting [cover]
- Pat Smythe - piano
- Denis Preston - supervised by
- Shake Keane - trumpet
- Sonny Rollins - written-by