Among the highlights of his career was his association with his fellow Jamaican, the alto saxophonist Joe Harriott. A brilliant and forward-looking musician, Harriott was a major presence in British jazz almost from the moment of his arrival in 1951. Although dogged by poor health, he formed his own successful quintet in 1958, with Coleridge Goode as its bassist. During the few years that followed, Harriott developed a new and radical conception of jazz which demanded much of his musicians, while stretching their techniques to the limit. Goode embraced the challenge , as his playing on Harriott’s albums Free Form (1960) and Abstract (1962) demonstrates.