THE Turner Sims plays host to an extraordinary concert tomorrow evening, with some of the brightest stars in British jazz coming together to celebrate the work of innovative Caribbean saxophonist and composer Joe Harriott, whose musical legacy is a massive landmark in British jazz history.

Joe Harriott reached rare heights of creativity in the 1950s and 1960s through his approach to free improvisation; his brilliant fusion of jazz and Indian music with violinist John Mayer, and his myriad of experiments with jazz and poetry.

Often compared with the American jazz legend Charlie Parker, Harriott died at the age of 44 in Southampton in 1973 and is buried in Bitterne cemetery.

Gary Crosby takes Harriott's classic quintet as a starting point for a tyro front line of award winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch and trumpeter Byron Wallen, to revisit some of Harriott's original music.

Soweto Kinch is a massive young talent in British jazz, nominated alongside artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Coldplay and Athlete for the 2003 Mercury Music Prize.

Byron Wallen is a seminal figure in British jazz and has worked with a diverse range of artists such as Chaka Khan, George Benson, Talvin Singh and Craig David.

He is also a successful composer and recently wrote a track for the Warner Bros film Troy.

Gary Crosby is one of the founding figures of the classic British big-band The Jazz Warriors whose number also included Courtney Pine and Cleveland Watkis.

Crosby is the co-founder of the independent jazz label Dune Music and the Tomorrow's Warriors project set up to nurture and develop young British jazz musicians.

Tickets are priced £14. Box Office on 023 8059 5151.