A Pair of Newly Released Titles From Bill Coleman

[Brownian Motion]

The "Bill Coleman Bop Group", in 2 volumes, is the same band that recorded the "Live In Manchester" twofer, which was released about ten years ago. This was a working swing (not bop) band put together for Coleman's 1967 tour of the UK, and they acquit themselves nicely, despite being afflicted with a gratingly out-of-tune piano. I'm especially impressed with 2nd trumpeter Alan Littlejohn, whose work here is modeled on Coleman's, but who is a bit more modern.

These albums are hard to find. I bought Vol 2 from Dusty Groove for 25 bucks, and they threw in a nice sampler, but Volume 1 was out of stock. Someone is also selling them on eBay, but that's about the extent of the marketing.