HARRIOTT, JOE - HIGH SPIRITS SATAN with great songs and sounds

with great songs and sounds pirouetting away from the Hawaii / Cold & Bouncy phases with ease and elegance

‘Song Of The Earth’ is due April 4th 2025 via Transgressive for the world ex-US ( which goes through Nonesuch)

the artwork – a New York street scene – no longer made sense

Released in August 1970 on the Liberty label

The 11-song album covers all of DePlume’s musical touchstones: lush and gentle instrumentals informed by ghostly ancient folk melodies

HARRIOTT, JOE - HIGH SPIRITS SATAN with great songs and soundsJoe Harriotts High Spirits, is a post bop album featuring the British Jamaican saxophonists quintet playing interpretations of tunes from the Nol Coward musical of the same name, this album is characterized by its melodic, swinging, and accessible nature, featuring strong, lyrical work from Harriott and trumpeter Shake Keane, with arrangements by pianist Pat Smythe. Unlike the more "free form" experiments Harriott was known for at the time, High