orgyinrhythmredux

Private press rarity scheduled for a limited 250 vinyl reissue from  seriE:WOC  on July 7th.Very highly recommended.Don't sleep on this one... Coalition’s single self-produced album, recorded for the private Kenya Records in 1978, presents as many questions as it does offer musical surprises. Not much is known about this groups who were a part of the late 70s Philadelphia jazz-soul scene. The music captured for the LP spans a broad range of styles, ranging from an intense fusion work-out (the album opener, ‘Marionette’), a mellow Terry Callier-esque style ballad (‘Thinking of You’), abstract tonal impressionism (‘Song to my Lady’), Afrocentric Strata East spiritual style jazz (‘Kenya’s Horizon’) and tough blowing hard-bop (‘The Downer’). In some senses, there’s something for everyone, and the bands instrumentation of tenor and flute riding over the solid rhythm section puts the listener in safe hands to enjoy a journey to the unexpected. Those safe hand include drummer Dwight Jam

Terumasa Hino Quintet for Columbia- Takt Jazz Series Japan from 1970. Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Terumasa Hino ; Bass – Kunimitsu Inaba ; Drums – Motohiko Hino Piano – Hiromasa Suzuki ; Tenor Saxophone – Takeru Muraoka The finest in Japanese jazz....