Free Form (Joe Harriott album)

Free Form is an album by Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott recorded in England in 1960 and the second released on the Jazzland label.[1]

Free Form
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedNovember 1960
London, England
GenreJazz
Length46:10
LabelJazzland
JLP 49
ProducerDenis Preston and Bill Grauer
Joe Harriott chronology
Southern Horizons
(1960)
Free Form
(1961)
Abstract
(1963)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Comparable to Ornette Coleman's recordings of the period, these eight pieces incorporate Harriott's hard bop influence, cutting through adventurous compositions.[2]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Joe Harriott

  1. "Formation" - 6:13
  2. "Coda" - 8:00
  3. "Abstract" - 3:39
  4. "Impression" - 5:32
  5. "Parallel" - 5:42
  6. "Straight Lines" - 5:57
  7. "Calypso" - 4:44
  8. "Tempo" - 6:23

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jazzland Records discography accessed November 13, 2012
  2. ^ a b "Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed November 13, 2012