Ended the week and welcomed the weekend with Indo-Jazz Fusions by the Joe Harriott - John Mayer Double Quintet, released on Columbia in 1967.

..Reedman Joe Harriott and his trumpeter Shake Keane both brought a fresh West Indian sensibility to the London scene in the 50s -- and violinist/keyboardist John Mayer brought some very strong expressions from Indian music -- both of which are blended here in an amazing way that went onto have a huge influence on other records for years to come! The tracks are long, and all penned by Mayer -- in a mode that draws heavily from Indian classical music, but features lots of jazz elements...Mayer plays both violin and harpsichord -- amidst sitar, tambura, and tablas too - Dusty Groove

Picked this combined with the previous LP from '66 up on a bargain bin on cassette back in the 80s!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqbh-o__qIE&list=OLAK5uy_l4pyAtAymMXv7XhyW0E_rXGGzlre6VNf4

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Abstract is an album by Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott, recorded in England in November 1961 and May 1962, and released on the Columbia (UK) label in February 1963.

Abstract was the first album by a British jazz group to be awarded five stars in a Down Beat review.

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". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYDiYTRjdV0&list=RDeYDiYTRjdV0&start_radio=1

#JoeHarriott #BritJazz #Jazz #Music #FreeJazz #PostBop #ShakeKeane

High Spirits is an album by Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott featuring selections from the musical High Spirits written by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray which was recorded in England in 1964 and released on the Columbia (UK) label in February 1965.

Morton Jack writes that the "arrangements leave plenty of space for incisive, sensitive solos from Harriott and Keane [giving it] an improvisational edge that rescues it from blandness." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl6B8bFcY2Q&list=RDDl6B8bFcY2Q&start_radio=1

#JoeHarriott #ShakeKeane #BritJazz #Jazz #Music #ShowTunes #NoelCoward

New Directions: Essays For Jazz Band by David Mack, released on Serenus in 1965.

Scottish classical and jazz musician, clarinetist, arranger, and composer. He played with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as worked with several jazz musicians (Joe Harriott, Tony Coe), and wrote commercial orchestrations. He released a jazz album "New Directions" in 1965.

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A Case Of Jazz by Shake Keane And The Michael Garrick Quartette, released in 1964 on Airborne Records.

Michael Garrick MBE (30 May 1933 – 11 November 2011)[1] was an English jazz pianist and composer, and a pioneer in mixing jazz with poetry recitations and in the use of jazz in large-scale choral works...

Soon after graduating, Garrick became the musical director of "Poetry & Jazz in Concert", a roadshow devised by poet and publisher Jeremy Robson, and involving writers as diverse as Laurie Lee, Adrian Mitchell, Vernon Scannell, Spike Milligan, Dannie Abse, and John Smith. Garrick's quintet at this time included Joe Harriott and Shake Keane... - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1RKHlLCnco&list=RDY1RKHlLCnco&start_radio=1

#michaelgarrick #shakekeane #britjazz