Kenny Cox

Artist:  Kenny Cox

Born:  November 8, 1940.  Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:  December 19, 2008 (Aged 68).  Detroit, Michigan, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Hard Bop, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz

Occupation:  Pianist

Instruments:  Piano

Kenny Cox was an American Jazz Pianist from Detroit, Michigan, performing in the Post Bop, Hard Bop, and Bebop.  He was pianist for singer Etta Jones during the 1960s and was also a member of a quintet led by Trombonist George Bohannon.  In 1960s he had formed his own Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet, which recorded two albums for Blue Note Records.  He has also performed live with such musicians as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Eddie Harris, Jackie McLean, Roy Haynes, Ben Webster, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Dorham, Philly Joe Jones, Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, Roy Brooks, Charles McPherson, and Curtis Fuller.  In 1980s he formed the Detroit-based Guerilla Jam Band, a group which performed with Regina Carter, James Carter, Tani Tabbal, and Craig Taborn.

 

Artist:  Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet

Title:  Introducing Kenny Cox (Blue Note Classic Series) (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Hard Bop, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Mystique (4:44)

 2.  You (5:28)

 3.  Trance Dance (6;08)

 4.  Eclipse (5:51)

Side Two:

 1.  Number Four (10:48)

 2.  Diahnn (8:37)

Personnel:

Kenny Cox:  Piano

Charles Moore:  Trumpet

Leon Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone

Ro Brooks:  Bass

Danny Spencer:  Drums

Introducing Kenny Cox  is the debut album by Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet, originally released in 1969 by Blue Note Recorded, remastered and reissued on December 10, 2021 by Blue Note Records.  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.