Eastern Rebellion Eastern Rebellion

- Originally released in 1976* All-Star players team up on this classic Jazz collaboration- First vinyl reissue since 1985- 45th Anniversary edition- 180g Black Vinyl Edition//In 1975, four legends teamed up and gave birth to one of THE best rhythm groups of the 1970s_four musicians that had played music at the highest level all their lives and gained their status as both stand-alone artists and important sidemen. Each of them had participated in many of jazz's great moments and all four shared the ability, documented on many albums, to inspire their fellow musicians to even greater heights. In 1975, the EASTERN REBELLION collective was born.On saxophone, we have GEORGE COLEMAN (born in 1935) the self-taught saxophone maestro from Memphis who (after working with Ray Charles) played in B.B. King's band in the 1950s and in Miles Davis' quintet in the 1960s. Coleman played on four historical Miles albums (including `My Funny Valentine') within one year. George Coleman went on to perform and record with legends such as Charles Mingus, Ahmad Jamal, Idris Muhammad, Melvin Sparks, Nina Simone_and was an essential member of many more noteworthy groups throughout his freelance career. He was named a NEA Jazz Master, inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015 and received a brass note on the Beale Street Walk of FameOn the piano, we have CEDAR WALTON (1934-2013) who was also the bandleader & producer of the Eastern Rebellion collective. He was a Dallas-born Hard bop jazz pianist virtuoso who came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's The Jazz Messengers before establishing a long career as a bandleader, arranger and composer (several of his compositions have by now become much-played jazz standards). Walton was known for his fantastic recordings and performances and of course for being part of the in-house rhythm section at Prestige Records. Cedar Walton arranged and recorded for Etta James, helping her win a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 1994.On bass, we have SAM JONES...