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Without Question, Jamaican-born Alto Sax Man Joe Harriott Stands Tall as a Genuine British Modern Jazz Icon. Indeed, Joe Harriott Ranks Along Side of Such Local Giant Killers as Victor Feldman, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott and Stan Tracey. A Product of Kingston?s Famed Alpha Boys? School, Joe Harriott was Just 22 Years Old When, in May 1951, He Arrived in England from Jamaica. A Complete Unknown, it Took Less Than a Couple of Years for Joe to Establish Himself as a Major Player. ?killer Joe? Vividly Documents Harriott?s Emergence on the London Scene. From that Time When Such Popular West End Haunts as Carnaby Street?s the Sunset Club and the Feldman Club Located at 100 Oxford Street Erroneously Billed "the New Alto Sax Discovery" as "joe Harriet". Despite an Early Admiration for Charlie Parker, Joe Wasn?t a Slavish Copyist. The Truth was You Couldn?t Mistake Joe for Any Other Alto Player. At this Juncture in his Career, his Exuberant Approach to the Standard Bop Vocabulary Set Hi