Koinonia (band)

Koinonia
1986 album cover, Frontline
Background information
Genres	Jazz fusion, jazz-funk, contemporary Christian music
Years active	1980 (1980)–1991 (1991)
Past members	Alex Acuña Abraham Laboriel Justo Almario John Phillips Lou Pardini Hadley Hockensmith Dean Parks Harlan Rogers Bill Maxwell

Koinonia was a Christian band birthed from the fusion in jazz music, which occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, contributing to a new, more electrified and diverse genre called jazz-funk.

Though less known in the United States, Koinonia established themselves as a huge sensation in Scandinavia and Western Europe, performing to sell-out crowds from 1982 to 1991 in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Switzerland and France.^[1][2] Their Latin-infused rhythms and upbeat melodies gave them a distinct and cultured sound. Taken from a Greek word used in the Bible to mean “intimate fellowship”, Koinonia was notably one of the first Christian, though primarily instrumental, jazz bands.