High Spirits (album)

High Spirits
Studio album by Joe Harriott
Released	1963
Recorded	September 7th, 1964 Lansdowne Studios, London, England
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia 33SX 1692
Producer	Denis Preston
Joe Harriott chronology
Movement (1963) High Spirits (1964) Indo Jazz Suite (1965)

High Spirits is the fifth 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 British Columbia label.^[1]

Reception

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".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray arranged by Pat Smythe

1. "Home Sweet Heaven" - 3:37
2. "If I Have You" - 5:56
3. "Go Into Your Trance' - 4:18
4. "You'd Better Love Me" - 4:20
5. "I Know Your Heart" - 3:40
6. "Was She Prettier Than I" - 5:30
7. "Forever and a Day" - 5:28
8. "Something Tells Me" - 5:12

Personnel

• Joe Harriott - alto saxophone
• Shake Keane - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Pat Smythe - piano
• Coleridge Goode - bass
• Bobby Orr - drums

References

1. Joe Harriott Quintet webpage accessed November 13, 2012
2. Heining, D. Extended Analysis: Joe Harriott Quintet: Movement / High Spirits, All About Jazz, October 29, 2012