Commonality (album)

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Commonality
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Studio album by Jeff Coffin
Released August 17, 1999
Genre Avant-garde
Length67:47
Label Compass Records
Producer Jeff Coffin
Jeff Coffin chronology
Outside The Lines
(1997)
Commonality
(1999)
Go-Round
(2001)
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Commonality was the second album released by Jeff Coffin, released in 1999. This album was the first and, so far, only album released by Coffin as a solo artist. His previous album being under the name Jeff Coffin Ensemble and subsequent albums recorded and released by the Jeff Coffin Mu'tet.

Jeff Coffin American musician

Jeff Coffin is a saxophonist, composer, and educator. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner as a member of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones with whom he performed from 1997 until 2010. In July 2008, Coffin began touring with Dave Matthews Band and joined the group in 2009 following the death of founding member LeRoi Moore. He also leads his group Jeff Coffin & the Mu'tet.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Jeff Coffin

  1. "First Comes Last" – 5:17
  2. "Salt Lick" – 4:51
  3. "Commonality" – 9:47
  4. "Espoo You" – 7:38
  5. "Angle Of Repose" – 10:39
  6. "Something Quick" – 10:42
  7. "Outside, The Gray Sky Cries" – 6:18
  8. "Who's Who" – 7:47
  9. "Prayer" – 4:45

Personnel

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References

  1. AllMusic Review