THE JOE HARRIOTT QUINTET Movement (2024 UK/EU limited edition 9-track stereo LP pressed on 140-gram black vinyl remastered and cut from the original master tapes by Abbey Road Studios. A British modern jazz milestone only issued in the UK in1964 as part of the Lansdowne Series. Joe was a true pioneer although always in the shadow compared to his US peer Ornette Coleman Joes take on freeform jazz sounds highly organised and accessible due to his stunning musicianship and thebands including the almighty Shake Keane on trumpet & flugelhorn Pat Smythe piano Coleridge Goode bass & Bobby Orr drums. Includes the outstanding Michael Garrick compositions Blues On Blues and Face In The Crowd. Unquestionably one of the most distinctive British jazz albums ever made. Picture sleeve with orignal cover artwrok and large format insert with new liner notes. Hype sticker & factory sealed. Essential) Track Listing: On 4 October 2024 Universal Music Recordings and Decca Records are making Jamaican/British jazz saxophonist Joe Harriott’s album ‘Movement’ available again for the first time since it was released in 1964. Long sought after by collectors and connoisseurs original copies now sell for upwards of £1 000. This new edition was mastered at Abbey Road using high definition 24bit/192kHz audio files copied directly from the original stereo analogue master tapes (previously only the mono version has been on vinyl). Images of those tapes are included in the package alongside new sleeve notes written by noted author compiler and documentary maker Tony Higgins who also acts as Executive Producer for Decca’s ‘British Jazz Explosion’ series. Recorded in 1963 ‘Movement’ was released as part of the Lansdowne Series overseen by the influential Denis Preston one of the UK’s first independent record producers and engineered by Adrian Kerridge. Of the nine tracks seven are Harriott originals whilst the other two were written by another pioneer of British Jazz Michael Garrick. Playing alongside Joe were bassist Coleridge Goode (b. 1914 Jamaica d. 2015 London) drummer Bobby Orr (b. Scotland 1928 d. 2020) pianist Pat Smythe (b. Scotland 1923 d. 1983) and trumpet/flugelhorn player Ellsworth ‘Shake’ Keane (b. St. Vincent 1927 d. 1997). Born in Jamaica in 1928 Joseph Arthurlin Harriott was a pupil at the Alpha Boys School (alma mater to Harold McNair Dizzy Reece and a myriad of Ska greats). He arrived in Britain in the early ’50s initially touring with the Ozzie Da Costa Band followed by a brief spell with the Ronnie Scott Big Band and sessions backing the likes of George Chisholm and Lita Roza. By the mid ’50s Joe was a big enough draw to release records under his own name and whilst these early recordings conform to the then popular bop style the following decade would see him release albums whose titles chart his development; ‘Free Form’ in 1960 and ‘Abstract’ in 1963. ‘Movement’ is a testament to Joe Harriott’s visionary approach to jazz. It blends structure with freedom tradition with innovation and individual expression with collective creativity. His development of free-form jazz represents a significant contribution to the genre paralleling yet distinct from the work of Ornette Coleman and other American free jazz artists. It is an essential listen not only for fans of British jazz but jazz fans in general. It is perhaps best summed up by the epitaph that now adorns Joe’s gravestone; “Parker? There’s them over here can play a few aces too.” Side One 1. Morning Blue 2. Beams 3. Count Twelve 4. Face In The Crowd 5. Revival Side Two 1. Blues On Blues 2. Spaces 3. Spiritual Blues 4. Movement This is essential British jazz; Joe still sounds uncompromising & unique to this day!