BASSIST MITCHELL COLEMAN, JR.

Published: Jan. 18, 2015, 9 p.m.

With the release of his first solo CD effort, \u2018Soul Searching\u2019, and single \u2018Genesis\u2019, an instrumental jazz/funk fusion collection that interweaves music inspired by his much admired influences, Mitchell Coleman Jr has fulfilled a lifelong dream of creating the music he hears in his heart and feels in his soul \u2013 and sharing it with the world.\n\nThe disc, independently released on his own Soul Revelation label , features some of L.A.\u2019s funkiest players: his long-time collaborator and \u2018Soul Searching\u2019 co-producer, Hollywood (pulling triple-duty on piano and vocals), Deron Johnson (formerly with Miles Davis) is also on keyboards, Kayta Matsuno and Sean Fabian are on guitar, Tim Anderson and Sal Avila are on saxophones, while industry veterans and sisters, Pam and Joyce Vincent (formerly of Tony Orlando and Dawn) and Jim Gilstrap (the \u2018Good Times\u2019 TV show theme song singer) perform background vocals along with newcomers Sean Thomas and Nodesha.