DIGIPACK EDITION

Synovial Joints represents the most ambitious project of Coleman?s 30-year career as a bandleader. The work was composed for a group he calls the Council of Balance, a name he has used in the past for his large-scale projects, most significantly on his 1998 release Genesis & the Opening of the Way. The new recording features 21 musicians, including many who play in his working band Five Elements: Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Anthony Tidd (electric bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums), and Miles Okazaki (guitar). They are joined by other musicians who are also regularly in Coleman?s nexus: Jen Shyu (vocals), David Bryant (piano), Tim Albright (trombone) and Maria Grand (tenor saxophone) who are further augmented by Latin percussionists and musicians from contemporary classical circles on strings, woodwinds, horns and percussion.

PERSONNEL:

STEVE COLEMAN, alto sax
JONATHAN FINLAYSON, trumpet
MARIA GRAND, tenor sax
BARRY CRAWFORD, piccolo, flute
RANE MOORE, clarinet
JEFF MISSAL, trumpet
DAVID NELSON, bass trombone
TIM ALBRIGHT, trombone
KRISTIN LEE, violin
CHRIS OTTO, viola
JAY CAMPBELL, cello
GREG CHUDZIK, contrabass
DAVID BRYANT, piano
MILES OKAZAKI, guitar
ANTHONY TIDD, bass
ALEX LIPOWSKI, percussion
NEI SACRAMENTO, percussion
RAMON GARCIA PEREZ, percussion
MAURICIO HERRERA, percussion
JEN SHYU, vocals
MARCUS GILMORE, drums

Recorded at Systems Two Recording Studios, New York, October 11-13, 2014

TRACKS:

01. Acupuncture Openings
02. Celtic Cells
03. Synovial Joints I - Hand and Wrist
04. Synovial Joints II - Hip and Shoulder
05. Synovial Joints III - Torso
06. Synovial Joints IV - Head and Neck
07. Tempest
08. Harmattan
09. Nomadic
10. Eye of Heru