
Tone Poet · May 22, 2026
Birth Of The Cool LP
Miles Davis
- Released
- May 22, 2026
- Pressed At
- Record Technology Inc
- Producer
- Joe Harley
- Mastered
- Kevin Gray
- Edition
- 1 LP
Liner Notes
Miles Davis ’ earliest masterpiece Birth Of The Cool gets the royal treatment in celebration of the legendary trumpeter’s Centennial. Following his trial-by-fire tenure in the Charlie Parker Quintet in the mid-1940s, Davis emerged with bolstered confidence and a creative hunger to explore new directions. J.
Johnson , Kai Winding , John Lewis , Max Roach , Kenny Clarke , and others. The nonet featured a unique instrumentation with French horn and tuba to create new textures influenced by impressionist classical music that inspired lyrical improvisations by the band’s soloists on arrangements of pieces by Davis, Evans, Mulligan, Lewis, Denzil Best, Bud Powell, Johnny Mercer, and more.
A regular gathering of like-minded musicians at arranger Gil Evans ’ Manhattan apartment provided the workshop at which the Miles Davis Nonet was born, and in 1949-50 Davis led three seminal sessions for Capitol Records that documented this exciting new music with a cast of collaborators including Gerry Mulligan , Lee Konitz , J.
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Personnel
- Addison CollinsFrench Horn
- Al HaigPiano
- Al McKibbonBass
- Bill BarberTuba
- Bud PowellWritten-By
- Chummy McGregorWritten-By
- Cleo HenryWritten-By
- Denzil BestWritten-By
- George WallingtonWritten-By
- Gerry MulliganBaritone Saxophone
- Gerry MulliganWritten-By
- Gunther SchullerFrench Horn
- J.J. JohnsonTrombone
- Joe ShulmanBass
- John CarisiWritten-By
- John LewisWritten-By
- John Lewis (2)Piano
- Johnny MercerWritten-By
- Kai WindingTrombone
- Kenny ClarkeDrums
- Lee KonitzAlto Saxophone
- Max RoachDrums
- Miles Davis—
- Miles DavisWritten-By
- Miles DavisTrumpet
- Nelson BoydBass
- Sandy SiegelsteinFrench Horn
Track List
Side A
6 cuts- 1.Move
- 2.Jeru
- 3.Moon Dreams
- 4.Venus De Milo
- 5.Budo
- 6.Deception
Side B
5 cuts- 1.Godchild
- 2.Boplicity
- 3.Rocker
- 4.Israel
- 5.Rouge
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