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| Released | February 1971 [1] | |||
| Recorded | July 17, 1970 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:00 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84361 | |||
| Producer | Francis Wolff | |||
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Coalition is an album by American jazz drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label. [2] It features Jones in a quintet with tenor saxophonists Frank Foster and George Coleman, conguero Candido Camero and bassist Wilbur Little.
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "This was a particularly creative and often intense ensemble, attached to the hard bop tradition but always looking forward". [3]
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| Allmusic |   [3] |
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