Joe Harriott formed his own quintet in 1958, and their style of hard-swinging bebop was noticed in the United States, leading to the release of the Southern Horizons and Free Form albums on the American Jazzland label. On August 3, 1963, the Joe Harriott Quintet featuring Mike Falana was appearing at the Marquee in Oxford Street. Free-form innovator By now firmly established as a bebop soloist, in 1960 Harriott turned to what he termed "abstract" or "free-form" music.
Formation
Abstract
Coda
Impression
Parallel
Straight Lines
Tempo
Calypso
Pictures
Tonal
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