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Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks

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Multidirection cover
RecordedNov 26, 1969
LabelBlue Note
Released1969
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 613500

The record

Cox's quintet returns a year later, further into modal, post-Coltrane terrain, with Moore and Henderson circling tight, searching heads. Cut as Blue Note's classic run was closing out, it's an overlooked marker of that shift.

Session personnel

  • Ron Brooks — bass
  • Danny Spencer — drums
  • Kenny Cox — piano
  • Leon Henderson — tenor saxophone
  • Charles Moore — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1970Blue Note · BST 84339 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
1970Blue Note · BST 84339 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1970Blue Note · BST 84339 K — Vinyl, LP, Album
2023Blue Note — STEREO
2023Blue Note · BST 84339 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Clear [Coke Bottle Clear], 180g
2023Blue Note · BST 84339 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Yellow In Black, 180g
2023Blue Note · BST 84339 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, White In Blue, 180g

Follow the players

Ron Brooks also plays on

Danny Spencer also plays on

Kenny Cox also plays on

Leon Henderson also plays on