Strata Institute

The Strata Institute is really a name for that which was basically the M-Base All-Stars, an umbrella group that matched together lots of the young players in the past due ’80s who have been playing free funk, including especially Steve Coleman and Greg Osby. They documented Cipher Syntax in 1988 for JMT and Transmigration for DIW/Columbia in 1992. Another players for the 1st date had been guitarist David Gilmore, bassist Bob Hurst, and either Tani Tabbal or Marvin “Smitty” Smith on drums, as the second outing got bassist Kenny Davis in Hurst’s place and was a tribute towards the daring experienced tenor Von Freeman, who produced the group a sextet. At exactly the same time as their second launch, the Strata Institute (beneath the name from the M-Base Collective) documented Anatomy of the Groove (also for DIW/Columbia). Nevertheless, by the middle-’90s, Steve Coleman and Greg Osby had been involved in additional projects as well as the Strata Institute experienced slipped into background.