Abstract (album)

Abstract
Abstract
Studio album by Joe Harriott
Released	February 1963
Recorded	November 22, 1961, and May 10, 1962; London, England
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:16
Label	Columbia; 33SX 1477
Joe Harriott chronology

1963 studio album by Joe Harriott

Abstract is an album by Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott, recorded in England in November 1961 and May 1962, and released on the Columbia (UK) label in February 1963.^[1]^[2] It was released by Capitol Records in the United States.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	^[3]
Allmusic	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Abstract was the first album by a British jazz group to be awarded five stars in a Down Beat review.^[6]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Thom Jurek, he states "Abstract is wonderful; it shows that the Brits were taking the new jazz of the early '60s and placing a spin on it because they had a few players like Joe Harriott. Here is a musician deserving of a wide reappraisal. Let's hope he gets it".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Harriott except "Subject", by Joe Harriott and John Mayer; "Oleo," by Sonny Rollins.

"Subject" - 5:58
"Shadows" - 5:44
"Oleo" - 7:06
"Modal" - 4:44
"Tonal" - 5:08
"Pictures" - 5:06
"Idioms" - 6:26
"Compound" - 5:04

Recorded in London, England on November 22, 1961 (tracks 5-8) and May 10, 1962 (tracks 1-4)

Personnel

Joe Harriott - alto saxophone
Shake Keane - trumpet
Pat Smythe - piano
Coleridge Goode - bass
Bobby Orr (tracks 1-4), Phil Seamen (tracks 5-8) - drums
Frank Holder - bongos (tracks 5 & 8) ^[3]

References

^ a b "Jazz for February". Jazz News & Review. 7 (5). Jazz News Ltd. 31 January 1963. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ "Joe Harriott Quintet "Abstract"". Gramophone. Compton Mackenzie. May 1963. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ a b Down Beat: November 21, 1963, vol. 30, no. 30
^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 13, 2012
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 652
^ Robertson, Alan (2011). Joe Harriott: Fire in his Soul (2nd ed.). London: Northway Publications. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-9557888-5-7.

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[JN&R-1] "Jazz for February". Jazz News & Review. 7 (5). Jazz News Ltd. 31 January 1963. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[Gramophone_May63-2] "Joe Harriott Quintet "Abstract"". Gramophone. Compton Mackenzie. May 1963. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[Down_Beat-3] Down Beat: November 21, 1963, vol. 30, no. 30

[Allmusic-4] Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 13, 2012

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 652

[6] Robertson, Alan (2011). Joe Harriott: Fire in his Soul (2nd ed.). London: Northway Publications. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-9557888-5-7.