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The Kold Kage

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Released
  
1991

Producer
  
Stefan F. Winter

Release date
  
1991

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
59:38

Artist
  
Gary Thomas

Label
  
JMT Records

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Recorded
  
March 26 to June 2, 1991

The Kold Kage (1991)
  
Till We Have Faces (1992)

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The Kold Kage is the fifth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1991 and released on the JMT label.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "Far from academic, this is fire-breathing music, one that forces not only confrontation but, from any open-minded music listener, a reexamination of the jazz terrain as a once, present, and future music."

Track listing

All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated

  1. "Threshold" - 6:59
  2. "Gate of Faces" - 6:57
  3. "Intellect" (Gary Thomas, Joe Wesson) - 7:09
  4. "Infernal Machine" (Thomas, Wesson) - 6:58
  5. "The Divide" - 7:25
  6. "Peace of the Korridor" - 6:51
  7. "First Strike" (Thomas, Wesson) - 7:18
  8. "Beyond the Fall of Night" (Anthony Perkins) - 1:53
  9. "The Kold Kage" (Thomas, Wesson) - 7:11
  10. "Kulture Bandits (To Be Continued)" (Joe Lee, Gary Thomas) - 1:30

Personnel

  • Gary "GTX" Thomas - tenor saxophone, flute, synthesizer, rap vocals
  • Joe "BMW" Wesson - rap vocals (tracks 3, 4 & 7)
  • Kevin Eubanks (tracks 1, 3 & 6) - guitar
  • Paul Bollenback (tracks 2 & 5) - guitar, guitar synthesizer
  • Michael Cain (tracks 1 & 6), Tim Murphy (tracks 8 & 9) - piano, synthesizer
  • Mulgrew Miller - piano (tracks 2 & 7)
  • Anthony Perkins - synthesizer (tracks 8 & 10)
  • Anthony Cox - bass
  • Dennis Chambers - drums
  • Steve Moss - percussion
  • Songs

    1Threshold7:00
    2Gate of Faces6:57
    3Intellect7:09

    References

    The Kold Kage Wikipedia