Jazz Articles about The Coalition

The Coalition: Naked Movies

by Doug Collette
March 30, 2005

Prurient implications of its title aside, Naked Movies hearkens back to the halcyon days of jazz-rock fusion minus the pretentious trappings and over-reliance on technique in place of feeling. The Coalition have chops to be sure, but instead of erecting structure within which to show off--either in the funk format or neo-classical archetypes--they prefer to play together and make music.

Proof positive exists in the opening track, “Tuna Whiskey, a piece of modified syncopation that rings and swings true before ...