Kenny Cox & The Contemporary Jazz Quintet- MultidirectionLabel: Blue Note Third Man Reissued 10 6 2023, Originally released 1970 Detroit has a long tradition of being the farm team for the Big Apple jazz big leagues, but just as important is the acknowledgement of local legends who left their mark on the city by staying put and releasing amazing music right in Detroit. Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet is one such group that could have and definitely should have had a wider audience in their day,

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Is It True

On all of W Wata carries the lead vocal duties

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and horn flourishes that perfectly suit the She & Him sound

Yer So Bad

Flight From Angkor

Lonesome Cowboy Burt

and this rare and long out of print recording is an essential piece of the history from one of America's most uniquely lyrical voices on the saxophone

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or as metaphor concerning a wider issue

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