Joe Harriott Discography
John McMillan
months ago about Joe Harriott and how dreadful it was that you can no
longer get his records. For the uninitiated, Harriott was a West Indian
born sax player who recorded in London in the 50's and 60's.
Its claimed that he made technical advances similar to those of Ornette
etc without any contact with the US scene.
Here then is a relatively complete discography.
There's still a few gaps but what we really want
is not a perfect discography but a reissue programme..
Of course if anyone can fill in the gaps I'd be happy to hear from them..
JOE HARRIOTT (19281973) DISCOGRAPHY
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SOUTHERN HORIZONS
Joe Harriott (as)
Shake Keane (t)
Harry South (p)
Coleridge Goode (b)
Bobby Orr (d)
Liggin
Southern horizons
You go to my head
Tuesday morning swing
Caravan (with Frank Holder, perc)
Columbia SEG 8070/Jazzland JLP37 London, April 1960.
FREE FORM
Joe Harriott (as)
Shake Keane (t)
Pat Smythe (p)
Coleridge Goode (b)
Phil Seamen (d)
Formation (Harriott)
Coda
Abstract
Impression
Parallel
Straight lines
Calypso sketches
Tempo
Jazzland JLP49, London, November 1960.
ABSTRACT
Joe Harriott (as)
Shake Keane (t/ f/h)
Pat Smythe (p)
Coleridge Goode (b)
Phil Seamen (d)
Frank Holder (perc)
Tonal
Pictures
Idioms
Compound
Subject *
Shadows *
Oleo *
Modal *
* No Holder; Bobby Orr replaces Seamen
Columbia 33SX 1477 London, November 1961 (first four) and May 1962.
MOVEMENT
Joe Harriott (as)
Coleridge Goode (b)
Shake Keane (t/ f/h)
Pat Smythe (p)
Bobby Orr (d)
Morning blue (Harriott)
Beams (Harriott)
Count twelve (Harriott)
Face in the crowd (Garrick)
Revival (Harriott)
Blues on blues (Garrick)
Spaces (Harriott)
Spiritual blues (Harriott)
Movemeees
Movement (Harriott)
Columbia 33SX 1627 London 1963, released 1964.
HIGH SPIRITS
Joe Harriott (as)
Coleridge Goode (b)
Shake Keane (t/ f/h)
Pat Smythe (p)
Bobby Orr (d)
Home sweet home
If I have you
Go into your trance
You'dbetter love me
I know your heart
Was she prettier than I?
Forever and a day
Something tells me
Columbia 33SX 1692, London, September 1964
INDO-JAZZ SUITE
Harriott/Mayer double quintet:
Joe Harriott (as)
Eddie Blair (t/ f/h)
John Mayer (v/hpd)
Chris Taylor (f)
Pat Smythe (p)
Rick Laird (b)
Alan Ganley (d)
Diwan Motihar (sitar)
Chandrahas Paigankar (tambura)
Keshav Sathe (tabla)
Overture
Contrasts
Raga Megha
Raga Gaud-Saranga
Columbia SX 6025, London, October 1965
INDO-JAZZ FUSIONS
Joe Harriott (as)
John Mayer (v/hpd)
Chris Taylor (f)
Pat Smythe (p)
Alan Ganley (d)
Shake Keane (t/ f/h)
Coleridge Goode (b)
Diwan Motihar (sitar)
Chandrahas Paigankar (tambura)
Keshav Sathe (t abla)
Partita (Mayer)
Multani (Mayer)
Gana (Mayer)
Acka Raga (Mayer)
Subject (Mayer/Harriott)
Columbia/EMI Landsdowne Series SCX 6122, London, September 1966
INDO JAZZ FUSIONS (II)
As above but
Kenny Wheeler (t/ f/h) replacing Keane
Jackie Dougan (d) replacing Ganley
Tracks 1-5 above, plus
Raga piloo (Mayer)
Song before sunrise (Mayer)
Purvi variations (Mayer)
Mishra blues (Mayer/Smythe)
Columbia/EMI Double-Up SCX 6215 London 1967
SWINGS HIGH
Joe Harriott (as)
Stu Hamer (t)
Pat Smythe (p)
Coleridge Goode (b)
Phil Seamen (d)
Tuesday morning swing (Harriott)
A time for love (Mandel)
The rake (Reece)
Blues in C (Harriott)
Shepherdıs serenade (Reece)
Polka dots and moonbeams (Burke/Van Hensen)
Strollinı south (South)
Count twelve (Harriott)
Melodisc SLP 12-150, rereleased Cadillac SGC/MLP 12-150, London, June 1967
PERSONAL PORTRAIT
Joe Harriott (as)
Stan Tracey (p)
Lennie Bush (b)
Bobby Orr (d)
Monty Babson (perc)
Kenny Parker (t/ f/h)
Ray Premu (b-t/tb)
Mo Miller (frh)
Bob Efford (b-cl/cl/f)
David Mack (arr)
Saga
Nowıs the time
Darn that dream
With Landsdowne String Quartet:
Jack Rothstein (v) Anthony Gilbert (v)
Kenneth Essex (viola) Charles Tunnell (cello)
Joe Harriot (as)
William Bennett (f)
Roger Pugh (hpd)
Dennis Bowden (b)
Bobby Orr(d)
David Mack (arr)
Portrait of Jenny
Indian summer
September song
Mr Blueshead (Mack)
Joe Harriott (as) Pat Smythe (p)
Abstract doodle (Harriott/Smythe)
Columbia SCX 6249, London 1967
HUM DONO
Joe Harriott (as)
Bryan Spring (d)
Spring low, sweet Harriott (Spring/Harriott)
with Amancio DıSilva (g)
Hum dono
with Dave Green (b)
MNNT
with Norma Winstone (voc)
Ballad for Goa
with Ian Carr (f t/h)
Stephanoıs dance (DıSilva)
Jaipur
Columbia SCX 6345(54?), London 1969
7² SINGLES
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BLUES ORIGINAL
Joe Harriott (as)
Johnny Weed (p)
Major Holley (b)
Phil Seamen (d)
Blues original
My heart belongs to Daddy
MGM EP615 London July 1953
CHEROKEE
Joe Harriott (as)
Dill Jones (p)
Jack Fallon (b)
Phil Seamen (d)
Cherokee
Out of nowhere
Summertime
April in Paris
Melodisc EPM7-117 London, February 1954
WITH STRINGS
Joe Harriott (as)
Max Harris (p)
Sammy Stokes (b)
Phil Seamen (d)
Fred Alexander (clo)
David Katz (v)
Maria Korchinska (hp)
Dave McCallum (v)
Sid Kamine (v)
Louis Rosin (viola)
Laurie Johnson (cond)
Iıll remember April
Easy to love
Polygon JTE 106, London May 1955
DONıT BLAME ME
Joe Harriott (as)
Max Harris (p)
Sammy Stokes (b)
Phil Seamen (d)
Donıt blame me
What is this thing called love
Dicky bird
My old flame
Columbia SEG 7665 (?DC701), London, June 1955
SENOR BLUES
Joe Harriott (as)
Hank Shaw (t)
Harry South (p)
Coleridge Goode (b)
Bobby Orr (d)
Senor blues
Still goofinı
Count twelve
Jumpinı with Joe
Columbia SEG 7939, Jazz JLP37, London, May 1959
JUST GOOFINı
Joe Harriott (as)
Max Harris (p)
Sammy Stokes (b)
Phil Seamen (d)
? Tracks
Nixa NJE 10037.
BLUES ORIGINAL
Joe Harriott (as)
Johnny Weed (p)
Major Holley (b)
? Tracks
MGM EP6158.
JAZZ STARS
Joe Harriott (as)
Ronnie Scott (ts)
Tubby Hayes (ts)
Don Rendell (ts)
Ronnie Ross (bs)
Terry Shannon (p)
Alan Ganley (d)
Lenny Bush (b)
Steve Race (cond)
? Tracks
PTE JAZZ 7NJ2059
LP or EP?
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JUMP FOR ME
Joe Harriott (as)
Bill Lesage (perc)
Sammy Stokes (b)
Tony Kinsey (d)
?tracks?
ESQUIRE 326 1954
COMPILATION
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MEMORIAL
Raga Megha (Indo-Jazz Suite)
Modal (abstract)
Spring Low, sweet Harriott (Hum Dono)
Mr Blueshead (Personal Portrait)
Formation (Free Form)
Stephanoıs Dance (Hum Dono)
Abstract Doodle (Personal Portrait)
Multani (Indo-Jazz Fusions)
Columbia/EMI One-up OU 2011
Date ?
Compiled by Vanessa Bridge, Leeds 1994.
SOURCES CONSULTED
"La Discographie du Jazz Anglais", Philippe Renaud 1984
(from 14 Allée des Myosotis, 41000, Blois, France) plus addendum, May 1988
Bruyninckx Discography of Modern Jazz
(Belgium)