Elvin Jones – Coalition [Stereo] (Blue Note Tone Poet Series Tone Poet Society Exclusive Edition)

(AAA) — Lacquers cut from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

This is a Tone Poet Society Exclusive release, limited to 1,000 individually numbered copies, adorned with a Tone Poet Society Exclusive gold foil stamp, and comes with a lithographic print of a photo by Francis Wolff.

After his legendary run in the seminal John Coltrane Quartet, the master drummer Elvin Jones signed with Blue Note in 1968 and began building his own career as a bandleader. His first two albums for the label—Puttin’ It Together and The Ultimate—were spare sax-bass-drums trio outings that were followed by the expanded ensemble explorations of 1969’s Poly-Currents. Jones then found a happy medium on his 1970 album Coalition featuring Cuban conguero Candido Camero woven into Jones’ intricate polyrhythms with two exceptional saxophonists taking flight—George Coleman on tenor and Frank Foster on alto, tenor, and bass clarinet—anchored by Wilbur Little’s sturdy bass. Opening with the evocative “Shinjitu” composed by Elvin’s wife Keiko Jones, the set also includes originals by Coleman (“5/4 Thing”) and Foster (“Ural Stradania” and “Simone”) as well as an impressionistic rendition of the Jerome Kern standard “Yesterdays.”

Blue Note Tone Poet Series

The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was’ admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the “Tone Poet,” on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.

This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket including a lithographic print of a Francis Wolff photograph from the session.

Tracklist:
A1 Shinjitu
A2 Yesterdays
B1 5/4 Thing
B2 Ural Stradania
B3 Simone

Limited to 1 per customer.

(Above description from BlueNote.com)