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Abstract (album)

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Released
  
1962

Abstract (1962)
  
Movement (1963)

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
45:16

Release date
  
1962

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Recorded
  
November 22, 1961 and May 10, 1962 London, England

Artists
  
Joe Harriott, The Joe Harriott Quintet

Label
  
Columbia Graphophone Company

Joe Harriott albums
  
Southern Horizons, Free Form, Movement, High Spirits

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Abstract is the third album by Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott recorded in England in 1961 and 1962 and released on the Capitol label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Thom Jurek, he states "Abstract is wonderful; it shows that the Brits were taking the new jazz of the early '60s and placing a spin on it because they had a few players like Joe Harriott. Here is a musician deserving of a wide reappraisal. Let's hope he gets it".

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Harriott

  1. "Subject" - 5:58
  2. "Shadows" - 5:44
  3. "Oleo" - 7:06
  4. "Modal" - 4:44
  5. "Tonal" - 5:08
  6. "Pictures" - 5:06
  7. "Idioms" - 6:26
  8. "Compound" - 5:04
  • Recorded in London, England on November 22, 1961 (tracks 5-8) and May 10, 1962 (tracks 1-4)

    • Personnel

  • Joe Harriott - alto saxophone
  • Shake Keane - trumpet
  • Pat Smythe - piano
  • Coleridge Goode - bass
  • Bobby Orr (tracks 1-4), Phil Seamen (tracks 5-8) - drums
  • Frank Holder - bongos (tracks 5 & 8)

    • Songs

    1Subject6:02
    2Shadows6:00
    3Oleo7:10

    References

    Abstract (album) Wikipedia
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