The Kold Kage

1991 studio album by Gary Thomas

The Kold Kage

Studio album by

Gary Thomas

Released

1991

Recorded

March 26 to June 2, 1991

Genre

Jazz

Length

59:38

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]

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
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated

"Threshold" - 6:59
"Gate of Faces" - 6:57
"Intellect" (Gary Thomas, Joe Wesson) - 7:09
"Infernal Machine" (Thomas, Wesson) - 6:58
"The Divide" - 7:25
"Peace of the Korridor" - 6:51
"First Strike" (Thomas, Wesson) - 7:18
"Beyond the Fall of Night" (Anthony Perkins) - 1:53
"The Kold Kage" (Thomas, Wesson) - 7:11
"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

References

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