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Members:Brian Abrahams, Harrison Smith, Jeremy Brown, Liam Noble, Winston Clifford Biography of Harrison Smith Harrison Smith had saxophone lessons from the age of 13, and clarinet lessons from the age of 14. His first playing experience was with Herrington Colliery Band and later with various dance bands and rock/soul groups in the North East of England. Smith became interested in jazz and started to play with local groups lead by Alex Hand and Alan Glen. In 1973 he attended a jazz course at Barry Summer School (Wales) and some months later he was asked by one of the tutors, Barry Guy, to do a national tour with the “London Jazz Composers Orchestra”. The same year he moved to London. In London he joined John Walters` `Landscape` and also gained valuable musical experience by playing with likes of Mike Osborne, Harry Beckett, Louis Moholo, Harry Miller, Evan Parker, Elton Dean etc. Over the next few years he worked with various groups lead by Dave Defries, Jim Dvorak’s `Sun Sum` and `Dhyana` (album to be released in the near future), Rodger Dean’s `Lysis` with Kenny Wheeler, the `Michael Garrick Sextet`, Keith Bailey’s `Prana` with Chris McGregor and Kent Carter, a duo with Keith Bailey and `Jazz Africa`. In 1983 he joined the very popular South African inspired group `District Six`, recording four albums, playing festivals and touring in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Czech Republic etc, as well as Britain. Harrison played with District Six for some 8 years. In 1988 the

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