High Spirits (album)
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| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | September 7th, 1964 Lansdowne Studios, London, England | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Columbia 33SX 1692 | |||
| Producer | Denis Preston | |||
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High Spirits is an album by Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott featuring selections from the musical High Spirits written by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray which was recorded in England in 1964 and released on the Columbia (UK) label.[2]
Reception[edit]
All About Jazz writer, Duncan Heining, stated: "Were it not for [his] earlier achievements, High Spirits might come more highly recommended. It is of a much lighter weight but it does have its share of pleasures. It is doubtful that Harriott could ever have made a bad record and, by most other people's standards, this would be top flight. The shortcoming of High Spirits lies in the sense that these show tunes, from the musical based on Noël Coward's play Blithe Spirit, are really fairly average West End/Broadway fare".[3]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray arranged by Pat Smythe
- "Home Sweet Heaven" - 3:37
- "If I Have You" - 5:56
- "Go Into Your Trance' - 4:18
- "You'd Better Love Me" - 4:20
- "I Know Your Heart" - 3:40
- "Was She Prettier Than I" - 5:30
- "Forever and a Day" - 5:28
- "Something Tells Me" - 5:12
Personnel[edit]
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- Joe Harriott - alto saxophone
- Shake Keane - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Pat Smythe - piano
- Coleridge Goode - bass
- Bobby Orr - drums
References[edit]
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (27 February 1965). "Joe Harriott Quintet: High Spirits" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ Joe Harriott Quintet webpage Archived 2012-09-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 13, 2012
- ^ Heining, D. Extended Analysis: Joe Harriott Quintet: Movement / High Spirits, All About Jazz, October 29, 2012