High Spirits (album)

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]

High Spirits
Studio album by
Joe Harriott
Released1963
RecordedSeptember 7th, 1964
Lansdowne Studios, London, England
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
33SX 1692
ProducerDenis Preston
Joe Harriott chronology
Movement
(1963)		 High Spirits
(1963)		 Indo Jazz Suite
(1965)

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

References
  1. Joe Harriott Quintet webpage Archived 2012-09-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 13, 2012
  2. Heining, D. Extended Analysis: Joe Harriott Quintet: Movement / High Spirits, All About Jazz, October 29, 2012
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