Joe Harriott Day: #nowplaying 'Free Form' (1960) Absolutely essential album, every bit as innovative as what Ornette Coleman was doing. Adventurous, innovative and still sounds fresh and vital. JH with Shake Keane - trumpet Pat Smythe - piano Coleridge Goode - bass Phil Seamen - drums #jazzsky

The Joe Harriott Quintet performing on stage, London, 1961. (l-r) Phil Seamen, Les Condon, Coleridge Goode, Pat Smythe and Joe Harriott. #musicsky #jazzsky #joeharriott

3) ...I give full respect to the Tull for sticking to their guns; as Anderson later stated, the band didn’t want ‘to appear as if we were trying to slip into the post-punk coattails that were worn by the Stranglers or the Police’. Good man.

2)...a love letter to the pastoral, and to leader Ian Anderson’s embrace of the earth and country life. It is also chockful of great tunes such as ‘Acres Wild’, the lovely ‘Moths’ and the wonderful title track. It’s a great record that stands in contrast to the era it was released in.

1) It's the time of year when I play this one a lot: ‘I was getting involved in farming and other rural stuff… so the horse-hoeing husbandry of the original Jethro Tull era was in the back of my mind’ – Ian Anderson Heavy Horses is a a glorious lament for a Britain now passed...

#nowplaying 'Odyssey of Iska', Wayne Shorter's 14th album, produced by Duke Pearson & recorded a matter of months before Weather Report's debut, and released OTD 1971. The album's title references Shorter's daughter. 'Calm' is beautiful. Mysterious, dark, exotic. Love it. #musicsky #jazzsky

Drummer Philly Joe Jones was born OTD in 1923. Aside from leading his own band, he played with Miles Davis & Bill Evans among many others. From 1967–69 he taught at a school in Hampstead, London. His 1968 album 'Mo' Joe' was recorded in London with a group of Brit jazz notables. #musicsky #jazzsky

1) Remembering a legend of the British jazz scene, Joe Harriott, born OTD 1928 in Kingston, Jamaica. His work in first developing free jazz, and then incorporating Indian music into jazz with the Indo-Jazz Fusion band and resulting albums was highly innovative. #jazzsky #musicsky

“First-mind, best-mind”... 1) 'Kind of Blue' (1959) Because some works of art fully deserve their legendary status. It never gets old for me. #Miles100 #jazzsky #musicsky

2) 'In a Silent Way' (1969) Ten years after 'Kind of Blue' Miles makes yet another meditative, ground-breaking masterpiece, this time with electric instruments. Influential, innovative, every plaudit in the book. 'Directions in Music' indeed. #miles100 #jazzsky #musicsky

3) 'Nefertiti' (1968) I've loved this dark, subtle album since I first heard it, & my appreciation of it has only grown over the years. The SGQ are at their peak here, and once more Miles in transition, this time between the acoustic & electric era. Sounds best after 2am. #miles100 #jazzsky

4) 'Sketches of Spain' (1960) The first Miles album I ever bought (£3.49 from Woolworths on cassette) and my gateway to jazz. No understatement to say that it completely took me to another place. Miles' mournful trumpet sound took hold of me and that was it. Sublime. #Miles100 #jazzsky

5) 'Porgy and Bess' (1959) Perhaps his best collaboration with Gil Evans - lyrical, emotional, magical - I remember the first time I listened to it, during a car journey on a dark, hot summer night. #Miles100 #jazzsky #musicsky

Tonight on BBC4: 9pm: Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Documentary 11pm: Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott's 1974 11.45: Cleo Laine at the BBC 00.45: Jazz 625 at the BBC compilation. #jazzsky #musicsky

6) 'Bitches Brew' (1970) I came to this early in my Miles discovery. Amongst the Gil Evans era Miles and the earlier albums, it was an eye (& ear) opener to say the least. In time, I realised what a ground breaking masterpiece it is. Miles run the voodoo down indeed. #miles100 #jazzsky

7) "Gil Evans would call me up at 3 a.m. & tell me, 'If you're ever depressed, Miles, just listen to 'Springsville'" 'Miles Ahead' (1957) Davis' first collaboration with arranger Gil Evans since the 1949-50 Birth of the Cool sessions is an absolute beauty, a quiet masterpiece. #miles100 #jazzsky

Miles Davis Centenary Week: My Top 20 Miles Albums. Today, #8-#1 8) 'Filles de Kilimanjaro' (1969) Intense, beautiful, exotic; Miles in transition again, electric instruments rising in this endlessly fascinating album. Love it. #miles100 #jazzsky

Compilations: 8) 'Perfect Way: The Miles Davis Anthology - The Warner Bros. Years' (2010) Does what it says on the tin - collects the best of Miles' work from his last decade, and a great introduction to that era. #miles100

Miles Davis Compilations: 9) 'Circle in the Round' (1979) (Then) unreleased material spanning 1955-1970. Includes the Crosby, Stills & Nash cover 'Guinnevere' recorded in early 1970. All tracks have since been released on reissues & box sets, but I've always liked this comp. #miles100

Miles Davis Centenary Week: Top Ten Compilations Today #10-#7 10) 'Directions' (1981) Double album of previously unreleased outtakes that Davis recorded between 1960 & 1970, predominately focusing on 1967-1970. The standout, however, is a stunning live 'Round Midnight' from 1961. #miles100

9) 'Miles Smiles' (1967) Abstract, intense, a masterpiece of 'group mind.' Tony Williams shines here, 'Circle' is beautiful & Shorter's 'Footprints' is divine. I'm fortunate to own a very nice late 60s copy that I found at a record fair before vinyl became extortionate. #miles100 #jazzsky

"She could see the valley barbecues From her window sill See the blue pools in the squinting sun Hear the hissing of summer lawns" #nowplaying First outing of the year for this 1975 classic. Quite possibly the most sophisticated and literate 'rock' album ever. #musicsky #jonimitchell

10) 'E.S.P.' (1967) Named for the mental telepathy between the group, 'E.S.P.' sees the SGQ push ahead, sounding both abstract and earthy. For some reason, it always reminds me of the summer I left school (which is when I first bought it) and I also love the cover. #miles100 #jazzsky

11) 'Sorcerer' (1967) Dark, brooding, complex, cerebral; the first SGQ album I bought (on cassette, with a crappy 80s sleeve). My teenage ears found it difficult at first, but over time it's become a firm favourite, particularly after dark. Wonderful. #miles100 #jazzsky #musicsky

Miles Davis Centenary Week: My Top 20 Miles Davis Albums Day 3, #12-9 12) 'Miles in the Sky' (1968) Miles' last full album with the Second Great Quintet is the first SGQ record on this list, one of my favourite Miles eras. Here he moves ever closer towards fusing jazz & rock. #miles100 #jazzsky

Remembering the great Bud Shank, born OTD 1926 in Dayton, Ohio. An early exponent of world music, he recorded Brazilian-influenced jazz with Laurindo Almeida, fused jazz and Indian styles with Ravi Shankar and also performed the alto flute solo on "California Dreamin'". #jazzsky #musicsky

"Our intention is to not only attract the hardcore jazz fan, but we're doing it in such a way that it will also be easy to take for those who are not necessarily steeped in the ways of jazz." Remembering Ramsay Lewis, born OTD 1935 in Chicago. #jazzsky #musicsky

Miles' centenary and the passing of Sonny Rollins has made for an emotional, bittersweet day in the world of jazz. It's time for one to retire and listen to some music of the masters. Goodnight all, I'll be back with more tomorrow. #miles100 #jazzsky #musicsky

13) ''Round About Midnight' (1957) Ballads, blues, hard bop...a beautiful sounding album, with Miles, Coltrane, Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones & Paul Chambers in sparkling form. Miles' first record for Columbia, ''Round About Midnight' consolidated Miles’ sound & image. #miles100 #jazzsky

Tonight at 10.15 on Sky Arts (Freeview ch. 36) one of the greatest films of the 70s, 'Three Days of the Condor' (1975) #filmsky #cinemasky #robertredford