The Kold Kage is the fifth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1991 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
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."Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed November 17, 2014
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
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