Michael Garrick - Big Band Harriott (2024)

The veteran British pianist/composer/arranger Michael Garrick has taken compositions by the legendary saxophonist Joe Harriott and arranged them for a big band. Eight of the tracks are taken from Harriott's "free form" period and the album is rounded off with "Cry of the Bitterne", a Garrick farewell to his old colleague, named after the Southampton churchyard where Joe was buried in 1973. Featured musicians include Garrick himself on piano, Steve Waterman, Matt Wates, Quentin Collins, Mick Foster, Alan Jackson and John Marshall.