| Abstract | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Joe Harriott |
| Cover: | Abstract (album).jpg |
| Released: | February 1963 |
| Recorded: | November 22, 1961, and May 10, 1962 London, England |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 45:16 |
| Label: | Columbia 33SX 1477 |
| Chronology: | Joe Harriott |
| Prev Title: | Free Form |
| Prev Year: | 1960 |
| Next Title: | Movement |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
Abstract is an album by Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott, recorded in England in November 1961 and May 1962, and released on the Columbia (UK) label in February 1963.[1] [2] It was released by Capitol Records in the United States.
Abstract was the first album by a British jazz group to be awarded five stars in a Down Beat review.[3]
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Thom Jurek, he states "Abstract is wonderful; it shows that the Brits were taking the new jazz of the early '60s and placing a spin on it because they had a few players like Joe Harriott. Here is a musician deserving of a wide reappraisal. Let's hope he gets it".[4]
All compositions by Joe Harriott except "Subject", by Joe Harriott and John Mayer; "Oleo," by Sonny Rollins.