Coalition

Coalition is an album by American jazz drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label. 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". Track listing "Shinjitu" (Elvin Jones) - 7:38 "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 10:56 "5/4 Thing" (George Coleman) - 5:26 "Ural Stradania" (Frank Foster) - 8:29 "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