Joe Harriott
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Joseph Arthurlin Harriott (15 July 1928 – 2 January 1973)[1] was a Jamaican jazz musician and composer, whose principal instrument was the alto saxophone.
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Born | Joseph Arthurlin Harriott (1928-07-15)15 July 1928 |
Died | 2 January 1973(1973-01-02) (aged 44) Southampton, England |
Burial place | Bitterne, Southampton |
Occupation(s) | Jazz musician and composer |
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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.