Harry Beckett – The Modern Sound Of Harry Beckett

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(01) Something Special

(02) Ultimate Tribute

(03) Fantastic Things

(04) The Storyteller

(05) Facing It

(06) Rise & Shine (Cry Of Triumph)

(07) The Forgotten Man

(08) Out Of The Blue

(09) Switch Up!

(10) Like You Didn’t Know

(11) Are You Sitting Comfortably

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Album info

Barbados-born trumpeter Harry Beckett is one of the great treasures of British culture. Now in his early 70s and on great form, he has bequeathed us a magnificent sonic treat. The Modern Sound of Harry Beckett teams him with a variety of dub-reggae and electro-jazz collaborators, confidently stirred into a steaming sonic bouillabaisse by On-U Sound producer (and occasional label boss) Adrian Sherwood. Beckett’s genius is that he is always true to himself, whoever he performs with. Whether the context is free jazz, Jah Wobble’s folk-dub or one of Graham Collier’s classic bands, Beckett’s effervescent, tumbling, improvised melodies never fail to lift the spirits. Here, pitted against dark, insistent riffs (Fantastic Things), fractured, urban soundscapes (Facing It), throbbing, Tutu-like skank (The Forgotten Man) or feelgood beats (Switch Up!), he is magnificent. Blue Note, which rejected this album, must be feeling very foolish.

His dub-oriented album, The Modern Sound of Harry Beckett, was produced by famed British producer Adrian Sherwood and released on On-U Sound in late 2008.