Free Form (Joe Harriott album)

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Free Form
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Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedNovember 1960
London, England
Genre Jazz
Length46:10
Label Jazzland
JLP 49
Producer Denis Preston and Bill Grauer
Joe Harriott chronology
Southern Horizons
(1960)
Free Form
(1961)
Abstract
(1963)

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

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

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

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References

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