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Black Lion Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks

The Invisible Cage

The Invisible Cage cover
RecordedJul 31, 1964
LabelBlack Lion Records
Released1964
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 338632

The record

Michel Gaudry and Art Taylor support Powell on this later Paris recording, Taylor's brushwork patient behind playing that swings between erratic and brilliant. Black Lion's tape captures a diminished pianist still chasing the ideas that once poured out freely.

Session personnel

  • Michel Gaudry — bass
  • Art Taylor — drums
  • Bud Powell — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 18 pressings on file.

1972Freedom · BLP 30120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Stereo earliest on file
1972Black Lion Records · BLP 30120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1972Black Lion Records · PA-7043 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1974Audio Fidelity · 4-10-404-020 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1976Black Lion Records · 127.012 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1976Black Lion Records · 28 417-4 MB — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1984Black Lion Records · K18P 9314 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
1984Black Lion Records · BL 278.127 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1985Black Lion Records · 65122 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Black Lion Records — STEREO
Black Lion Records · BLP 30120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Black Lion Records · BLP 30120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Black Lion Records · BL-153 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Scranton Pressing
Black Lion Records · BLP 30120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo

Follow the players

Michel Gaudry also plays on

Art Taylor also plays on

Bud Powell also plays on