The Kold Kage

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The Kold Kage
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Studio album by
Released1991
RecordedMarch 26 to June 2, 1991
Genre Jazz
Length59:38
Label JMT
JMT 849 141
Producer Stefan F. Winter
Gary Thomas chronology
While the Gate Is Open
(1990)
The Kold Kage
(1991)
Till We Have Faces
(1992)

The Kold Kage is the fifth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1991 and released on the JMT label. [1]

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." [2]

Professional ratings
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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

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References

  1. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed November 17, 2014
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1396. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.