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Joe Harriott | |
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| Born | Joseph Arthurlin Harriott 15 July 1928 |
| Died | 2 January 1973 (aged 44) Southampton, England |
| Burial place | Bitterne, Southampton |
| Occupation(s) | Jazz musician and composer |
Joseph Arthurlin Harriott (15 July 1928 – 2 January 1973)[1] 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. Born in Kingston, Harriott moved to the United Kingdom as a working musician in 1951 and lived in the country for the rest of his life. He 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.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 190. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.