Introducing Kenny Cox Explained

Introducing Kenny Cox
Type:Album
Artist:Kenny Cox
Cover:Introducing Kenny Cox.jpg
Released:1969
Recorded:December 9, 1968
Genre:Jazz
Length:79:41 (CD Reissue)
Label:Blue Note
Producer:Michael Cuscuna
Chronology:Kenny Cox
Next Title:Multidirection
Next Year:1968

Introducing Kenny Cox is the debut album by American jazz pianist Kenny Cox featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The 2000 CD reissue added Cox's second Blue Note album Multidirection as bonus tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 4 stars stating "Though well-versed in the traditions of jazz standards and bop, Cox and his ensemble resemble most closely here the classic Miles Davis quintet of the mid- and late '60s. But rather than merely aping Davis, the Contemporary Jazz Quintet had a muscular and urban group sensibility all its own. In that sense, this is fiery, expansive and cerebral post-bop of the highest order".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Cox except as indicated

  1. "Mystique" - 4:44
  2. "You" (David Durrah) - 5:28
  3. "Trance Dance" - 6:08
  4. "Eclipse" (Leon Henderson) - 5:51
  5. "Number Four" (Charles Moore) - 10:48
  6. "Diahnn" (Henderson) - 8:37
  7. "Spellbound" - 5:23 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Snuck In" (Moore) - 6:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Sojourn" - 6:36 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Multidirection" (Moore) - 9:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "What Other One" - 4:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Gravity Point" (Moore) - 5:08 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4300-series/#bst-84302 Blue Note Records discography
  2. Collar, M. Allmusic Review accessed December 6, 2010