Joe Harriott
Saxophone, Musical Artist
1925 – 1973
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Who was Joe Harriott?
Joseph Arthurlin "Joe" Harriott was a Jamaican jazz musician and composer, whose principal instrument was the alto saxophone.
Initially a bebopper, he became a pioneer of free-form jazz. He was educated at Kingston's famed Alpha Boys School, which produced a number of prominent Jamaican musicians. He moved to the UK as a working musician in 1951 and lived in the country for the rest of his life. Harriott was part of a wave of Caribbean jazz musicians who arrived in Britain during the 1950s, including Dizzy Reece, Harold McNair, Harry Beckett and Wilton Gaynair.
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- Born
- Jul 15, 1925
Kingston - Also known as
- Harriott, Joe
- Joseph Arthurlin Harriott
- Joe
- Nationality
- Jamaica
- Profession
- Education
- Alpha Boys School
- Died
- Jan 2, 1973
London
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on July 23, 2013
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