The Kold Kage Explained

The Kold Kage
Type:	Album
Artist:	Gary Thomas
Cover:	The Kold Kage.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1991
Recorded:	March 26 to June 2, 1991
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	59:38
Label:	JMT JMT 849 141
Producer:	Stefan F. Winter
Chronology:	Gary Thomas
Prev Title:	While the Gate Is Open
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Till We Have Faces
Next Year:	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]

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

Notes and References

1. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
2. Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed November 17, 2014