Free Form (Joe Harriott album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Free Form

| type = Album

| artist = Joe Harriott

| cover = Free Form (Joe Harriott album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1961

| recorded = November 1960
London, England

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:10

| label = Jazzland
JLP 49

| producer = Denis Preston and Bill Grauer

| chronology = Joe Harriott

| prev_title = Southern Horizons

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = Abstract

| next_year = 1963

}}

Free Form is an album by Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott recorded in England in 1960 and the second released on the Jazzland label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-49 Jazzland Records discography] accessed November 13, 2012

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Comparable to Ornette Coleman's recordings of the period, these eight pieces incorporate Harriott's hard bop influence, cutting through adventurous compositions."Campbell, A. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/free-form-red-mw0000889879 Allmusic Review] accessed November 13, 2012

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Harriott

  1. "Formation" - 6:13
  2. "Coda" - 8:00
  3. "Abstract" - 3:39
  4. "Impression" - 5:32
  5. "Parallel" - 5:42
  6. "Straight Lines" - 5:57
  7. "Calypso" - 4:44
  8. "Tempo" - 6:23

Personnel

References