Birth of the Cool – Miles Davis

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From Wikipedia:

Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis, released in February 1957 by Capitol Records.[nb 1] It compiles eleven tracks recorded by Davis’s nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950.[5]

Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of innovative arrangements influenced by classical music techniques such as polyphony, and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title suggests, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz. Most of them were originally released in the 10-inch 78-rpm format and are all approximately three minutes long.

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Side A

  1. (1) “Move” (Denzil Best, arranged by John Lewis) – 2:29
  2. (2) “Jeru” (Gerry Mulligan) – 3:10
  3. (3) “Moon Dreams” (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer, arranged by Gil Evans) – 3:13
  4. (4) “Venus De Milo” (Mulligan) – 3:10
  5. (5) “Budo” (Miles Davis, Bud Powell, arranged by John Lewis) – 2:31
  6. (6) “Deception” (George Shearing, Davis, arranged by Gerry Mulligan) – 2:46

Side B

  1. (7) “Godchild” (George Wallington, arranged by Gerry Mulligan) – 3:08
  2. (8) “Boplicity” (Cleo Henry a.k.a. Davis and Gil Evans, arranged by Gil Evans) – 2:58
  3. (9) “Rocker” (Mulligan) – 3:04
  4. (10) “Israel” (Johnny Carisi) – 2:15
  5. (11) “Rouge” (John Lewis) – 3:13

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