| Coalition | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Elvin Jones |
| Cover: | Coalition (album).jpg |
| Released: | February 1971[1] |
| Recorded: | July 17, 1970 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 39:00 |
| Label: | Blue Note BST 84361 |
| Producer: | Francis Wolff |
| Chronology: | Elvin Jones |
| Prev Title: | Poly-Currents |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | Genesis |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
Coalition is an album by American jazz drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] It features Jones in a quintet with tenor saxophonists Frank Foster and George Coleman, conguero Candido Camero and bassist Wilbur Little.
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "This was a particularly creative and often intense ensemble, attached to the hard bop tradition but always looking forward".[3]