Pariah's Pariah
Released: Feb 9, 1999
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Released: Feb 9, 1999
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Despite a strong critical reputation and high-profile work with Jack DeJohnette and Pat Metheney, Gary Thomas somehow got left out when '80s M-Base contemporaries Cassandra Wilson, Greg Osby, Steve...
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Exile's Gate
Released: May 19, 1993
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Released: May 19, 1993
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As a leader, saxophonist and composer Gary Thomas is wildly ambitious. Throughout the 1980s and into the '90s, Thomas experimented with everything from free jazz and funk to heavy metal and...
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Till We Have Faces
Released: May 8, 1992
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Released: May 8, 1992
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Saxophonist Gary Thomas' records have been nothing if not provocative. This set, a collection of jazz and pop standards radically reharmonized and annotated rhythmically, is no exception. Thomas...
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While the Gate Is Open
Released: Nov 2, 1989
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Released: Nov 2, 1989
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After having avoided standards during his first few recordings, tenor saxophonist Gary Thomas surprised his followers withWhile the Gate Is Open, which contains such jazz themes as "Star Eyes,"...
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By Any Means Necessary
Released: May 1989
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Released: May 1989
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The M-Base concept, which never caught on in a big way but did influence the playing of a dozen or so top jazz improvisers, is heard in its prime on this Gary Thomas release. The tenor saxophonist...
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The Kold Kage
Released: March 1991
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Released: March 1991
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The struggle is apparent on saxophonist and composer Gary Thomas' 1991 album, The Kold Cage, reissued in 2004 as part of label auteur Stefan Winter's remastering of his JMT label titles. Thomas is...
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