Coalition (album)

Coalition
Studio album by Elvin Jones
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
Elvin Jones chronology
Poly-Currents (1969) Coalition (1971) Genesis (1971)

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.

Reception

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]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
DownBeat	[4]

Track listing

1. "Shinjitu" (Elvin Jones) - 7:38
2. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 10:56
3. "5/4 Thing" (George Coleman) - 5:26
4. "Ural Stradania" (Frank Foster) - 8:29
5. "Simone" (Foster) - 6:31

Personnel

• Elvin Jones - drums
• George Coleman - tenor saxophone
• Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
• Wilbur Little - bass
• Candido Camero - conga, tambourine

References

1. Billboard February 27, 1971
2. Elvin Jones discography accessed December 1, 2010
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 1, 2010
4. Down Beat: May 13, 1971 vol. 38, no. 10.