''Introducing Kenny Cox'' is the debut album by American jazz pianist

Kenny Cox Kenny Cox (November 8, 1940 – December 19, 2008) was a jazz pianist performing in the post bop, hard bop and bebop mediums. Cox was pianist for singer Etta Jones during the 1960s and was also a member of a quintet led by trombonist George ...

featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the

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label.Blue Note Records discography
accessed December 6, 2010 The 2000 CD reissue added Cox's second Blue Note album ''

Multidirection ''Multidirection'' is the second album by American jazz pianist Kenny Cox featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.

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Reception

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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 Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

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".Collar, M
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Kenny Cox except as indicated'' # "Mystique" - 4:44 # "You" ( David Durrah) - 5:28 # "Trance Dance" - 6:08 # "Eclipse" (Leon Henderson) - 5:51 # "Number Four" (Charles Moore) - 10:48 # "Diahnn" (Henderson) - 8:37 # "Spellbound" - 5:23 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Snuck In" (Moore) - 6:03 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Sojourn" - 6:36 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Multidirection" (Moore) - 9:57 Bonus track on CD reissue # "What Other One" - 4:58 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Gravity Point" (Moore) - 5:08 Bonus track on CD reissue :*Recorded at United Sound System, Detroit, Michigan on December 9, 1968 (tracks 1-6) and G.M. Recording Studios, Detroit, Michigan on November 26, 1969 (tracks 7-12).

Personnel

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*Charles Moore -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

*Leon Henderson -

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*Ron Brooks -

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*Danny Spencer -

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References

{{Authority control Blue Note Records albums Kenny Cox albums 1968 debut albums Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna