| Without question, Jamaican-born alto sax man Joe Harriott stands tall as a genuine British Modern Jazz icon. Indeed, Joe Harriott ranks along side of such local Giant Killers as Victor Feldman, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott and Stan Tracey. A product of Kingston’s famed Alpha Boys’ School, Joe Harriott was just 22 years old when, in May 1951, he arrived in England from Jamaica. A complete unknown, it took less than a couple of years for Joe to establish himself as a major player. ‘Killer Joe’ vividly documents Harriott’s emergence on the London scene. From that time when such popular West End haunts as Carnaby Street’s The Sunset Club and The Feldman Club located at 100 Oxford Street erroneously billed “the new alto sax discovery” as “Joe Harriet”. Despite an early admiration for Charlie Parker, Joe wasn’t a slavish copyist. The truth was you couldn’t mistake Joe for any other alto player. At this juncture in his career, his exuberant approach to the standard bop vocabulary set high standards. |
TRACKS
Disc: 1
1. Summertime - Harriott, Joe Quartet
2. April In Paris - Harriott, Joe Quartet
3. Cherokee - Harriott, Joe Quartet
4. Out Of Nowhere - Harriott, Joe Quartet
5. Last Resort - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
6. Best Behaviour - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
7. How Deep Is The Ocean - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
8. Get Happy - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
9. Akee Blues - Buddy Pipp's Highlifers
10. Jump For Me - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
11. Can't We Be Friends - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
12. Raymond - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
13. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
14. Chirracahaua - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
15. Teddi - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
16. Song Is You - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
17. It Don't Mean A Thing - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
18. Blues In Threes - Baker, Kenny & Friends
Disc: 2
1. Introduction - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
2. Harlem - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
3. She's Funny That Way - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
4. Fascinating Rhythm - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
5. I'll Remember April - Harriott, Joe
6. Easy To Love - Harriott, Joe
7. You'll Never Know - Harriott, Joe & The Tony Kinsey Trio
8. Just Goofin' - Harriott, Joe Quartet
9. Everything Happens To Me - Harriott, Joe Quartet
10. Just Friends - Harriott, Joe Quartet
11. Joe's Blues - Harriott, Joe Quartet
12. Bang - Scott, Ronnie & His Orchestra
13. With Every Breath I Take - Scott, Ronnie & His Orchestra
14. Night In Tunisia - Scott, Ronnie & His Orchestra
15. Big Fist - Scott, Ronnie & His Orchestra
16. Blues Original - Harriott, Joe Quartet
17. My Heart Belongs To Daddy - Harriott, Joe Quartet |