(Free Funk, Post-Bop, M-Base) Steve Coleman feat. the groups The Council of Balance and Five Elements - Genesis & The Opening of the Way - 1997, MP3, 320 kbps

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Steve Coleman & The Council of Balance - Genesis:
01. Day One (9:04)
02. Day Two (10:17)
03. Day Three (5:36)
04. Day Four (8:34)
05. Day Five (7:13)
06. Day Six (9:59)
07. Day Seven (13:48)
08. Awareness (3:52)

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01. Law of Balance (06:50)
02. Pi (06:49)
03. First Cause (04:32)
04. Wheel of Nature (06:13)
05. Rite of Passage (07:05)
06. Regeneration (11:43)
07. Organic Movement (02:56)
08. The Law (07:21)
09. Fortitude and Chaos (04:47)
10. Seti I (05:15)
11. Polar Shift (07:24)
12. Third Dynasty (04:38)

Genesis & the Opening of the Way is an ambitious effort from Steve Coleman, a double-disc concept album that was recorded by two separate bands: the Council of Balance and Five Elements. The Council of Balance was the large group, featuring a full horn section, guitar, bass, cello, violin, vello, aiola and percussion; the Five Elements is a small group featuring alto saxophonist Steve Coleman, pianist Andy Milne, electric bassist David Dyson, guitarist David Gilmore, acoustic bassist Reggie Washington, percussionist Miguel "Anga" Diaz Zayas and drummer Sean Rickman. Both albums are distinctive, but share certain elements -- namely adventurous, unpredictable compositions that fuse worldbeat, new age, funk, fusion and post-bop in new, creative ways. It's a little hard to get through both albums in one sitting, but moments of each disc rank among Coleman's most inspired work.

The Council of Balance:
Steve Coleman, Greg Osby - alto saxophones
Ravi Coltrane - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Aaron Stewart, Yosvany Terry Cabrera, Greg Tardy - tenor saxophones
Ralph Alessi, Shane Endsley, Nabate Isles - trumpets
George Lewis, Tim Albright, Josh Roseman, Andre Atkins, Jamal Haynes - trombones
David Gilmore - guitar
Andy Milne - piano (#1-6,8)
Vijay Iyer - keyboards, piano (#7)
Kenny Davis, Regg Washington - bass
Sean Rickman (#1-5,7), Gene Lake (#6,8) - drums
Luis Cancino Morales, Ramon Garcia Perez, Josh Jones, Miguel "Anga" Diaz Zayas, Barbaro Ramos Aldazabar - percussion
Elektra Kurtis-Stewart, Marlene Rice - violins
Judith Insell - viola
Nioka Workman - cello
Recorded at Systems Two Recording Studio, Brooklyn, NY on April 24-27 and June 9-18, 1997.
Five Elements:
Steve Coleman - alto saxophone
Andy Milne - piano
David Dyson - electric bass
Sean Rickman - drums
David Gilmore - guitar
Regg Washington - acoustic bass
Miguel "Anga" Diaz Zayas - percussion
Rosangela Silvestre - dance
Recorded at Systems Two Recording Studio, Brooklyn, NY on March 7-10, 1997.