Down at Dawn · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Southern Horizons
| Recorded | May 5, 1959 & Apr 21, 1960 |
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| Label | Down at Dawn |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 536881 |
The record
Cut just before Harriott pushed into free form territory, this session still swings hard within the changes, with Shaw and Keane's twin horns riding a Caribbean-tinged rhythm section. A snapshot of a criminally underrated voice in British jazz on the cusp of something radical.
Session personnel
- Joe Harriott — alto saxophone
- Coleridge Goode — bass
- Frank Holder — bongos
- Bobby Orr — drums
- Harry South — piano
- Hank Shaw — trumpet
- Shake Keane — trumpet, flugelhorn
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1961 | Jazzland · JLP 37 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1961 | Jazzland · JLP 937S — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1961 | Jazzland · JLP 937S — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1961 | Jazzland · JLP 37 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 2013 | Down at Dawn |
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