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Harmos is an album by Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra that features a recording of a large-scale, 44-minute composition by Guy. It was recorded in April 1989, just before the LJCO's 20th anniversary, in Zürich, Switzerland, and was released later that year by Intakt Records. Guy interpreted the Greek title in its original meaning of "coming together," and the work attempts to find solutions to the challenges surrounding the coexistence of improvisation and composition.

Reception
In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek called the piece "a work of deft imagination, powerful technique, and wild interplay," and wrote: "The most beautiful thing about Guy is that as a composer he is not hung up on resolution, he's more concerned with the notion that everything in the palette be viewed, everything that's in the box should be rolled out and put on display. If a particular series of ideas do resolve themselves timbrally or in modal invention that's fine, but it's not necessarily the end intent." ==Track listing==
Track listing
• "Harmos" (Barry Guy) – 43:48 == Personnel ==
Personnel
Barry Guy – bass, conductor • Evan Parker – reeds • Paul Dunmall – reeds • Peter McPhail – reeds • Simon Picard – reeds • Trevor Watts – reeds • Henry Lowther – trumpet • Jon Corbett – trumpet • Marc Charig – cornet • Alan Tomlinson – trombone • Paul Rutherford – trombone • Radu Malfatti – trombone • Steve Wick – tuba • Philipp Wachsmann – violin • Barre Phillips – bass • Howard Riley – piano • Paul Lytton – drums ==References==
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