Description

Expected Release Date: 12-June-2026 – This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

300 only Transparent Violet colour vinyl pressing.

Joe Harriott’s High Spirits, is a post-bop album featuring the British/Jamaican saxophonist’s quintet playing interpretations of tunes from the Noël Coward musical of the same name, this album is characterized by its melodic, swinging, and accessible nature, featuring strong, lyrical work from Harriott and trumpeter Shake Keane, with arrangements by pianist Pat Smythe.

Unlike the more “free-form” experiments Harriott was known for at the time, High Spirits sticks to a more traditional hard-swinging, post-bop style, the quintet’s arrangements and, crucially, their improvisational skills, rescue it from being a commercial or bland effort.

Tracks:
1 Home Sweet Heaven
2 If I Gave You
3 Go Into Your Trance
4 You’d Better Love Me
5 I Know Your Heart
6 Was She Prettier Than I?
7 Forever And A Day
8 Something Tells Me