Multidirection is the second album by American jazz pianist Kenny Cox

Kenny Cox

Kenny Cox 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 Bohannon...

 featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

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 label. The album was reissued as bonus tracks with Cox's first Blue Note album Introducing Kenny Cox.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brandon Burke awarded the album 4 stars stating "Multidirection has as much in common with Blue Note's mildly avant-garde releases of the early '60s as it does the soul-based output typical of 1969. In this sense, one could compare it to Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill

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's Grass Roots or Jackie McLean

Jackie McLean

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's Jacknife

Jacknife (album)

Jacknife is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1965 but not released until 1975 on the Blue Note label. The album was initially released as a double LP containing sessions from 1965 and 1966 but the single CD release only contains those tracks from 1965.-Reception:The...

, as soulful yet mildly dissonant hard bop is the order of the day here as well".

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Cox except as indicated

1. "Spellbound" - 5:23
2. "Snuck In" (Charles Moore) - 6:03
3. "Sojourn" - 6:36
4. "Multidirection" (Moore) - 9:57
5. "What Other One" - 4:58
6. "Gravity Point" (Moore) - 5:08
   • Recorded at G.M. Recording Studios, Detroit, Michigan on November 26, 1969

Personnel

• Kenny Cox
  Kenny Cox
  Kenny Cox 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 Bohannon...
  
   - piano
  Piano
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• Charles Moore - trumpet
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• Leon Henderson - tenor saxophone
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• Ron Brooks - bass
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• Danny Spencer - drums
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