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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Awards:
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Next 100 (Pre-1980)
The wonder of Miles’ career is the sheer amount of times he seized the moment, grabbed the right people, and got them to deliver their best creative thoughts for him.
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
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Awards:
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
-
Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Next 100 (Pre-1980)
The wonder of Miles’ career is the sheer amount of times he seized the moment, grabbed the right people, and got them to deliver their best creative thoughts for him.
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Contents and tracklist
- Miles Davis
- Recorded: 1957
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
- Miles Davis
- Recorded: 1954
- Miles Davis (trumpet), Max Roach (drums), Gunther Schuller (french horn), Al McKibbon (double bass), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone)
- Recorded: 1954
- Recording Venue: New York City, New York
- Miles Davis, John Lewis (piano), Nelson Boyd (bass (vocal)), Kenny Clarke (drums), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Lee Konitz (alto flute), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Sandy Siegelstein (french horn), John Barber (tuba)
- Recorded: 1949-04-22
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
- Miles Davis (trumpet), Joe Shulman (double bass), Al Haig (piano), Joe Shulman (bass (vocal)), John Barber (tuba), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Max Roach (drums), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), Miles Davis (orchestra leader), Kai Winding (trombone), Junior Collins (french horn), Bill Barber (tuba)
- Recorded: 1949-01-21
- Recording Venue: New York City, New York
- Miles Davis (trumpet), Al McKibbon (bass (vocal)), Al McKibbon (double bass), Max Roach (drums), Gunther Schuller (french horn), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), John Barber (tuba), John Lewis (piano)
- Recorded: 1954
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
- Miles Davis (orchestra leader), Joe Shulman (bass (vocal)), Joe Shulman (double bass), Max Roach (drums), John Barber (tuba), Al Haig (piano), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), Kai Winding (trombone), Miles Davis (trumpet), Junior Collins (french horn), Bill Barber (tuba), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone)
- Recorded: 1949-01-21
- Recording Venue: New York City, New York
- Miles Davis (trumpet), Kenny Clarke (drums), Nelson Boyd (bass (vocal)), Bill Barber (tuba), Nelson Boyd (double bass), John Lewis (piano), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Sandy Siegelstein (french horn), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Sandy Seigelstein (french horn)
- Recorded: 1953
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
- Miles Davis (trumpet), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Gunther Schuller (french horn), Max Roach (drums), John Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Al McKibbon (bass (vocal))
- Recorded: 1954
- Recording Venue: New York, NY
- Miles Davis (trumpet), Gunther Schuller (french horn), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Al McKibbon (double bass), John Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), John Lewis (piano), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Max Roach (drums)
- Recorded: 1954
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
- Miles Davis, John Lewis (piano), Nelson Boyd (bass (vocal)), Kenny Clarke (drums), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Lee Konitz (alto flute), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Sandy Siegelstein (french horn), John Barber (tuba)
- Recorded: 1949-04-22
Awards and reviews
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Jazzwise100 Albums That Shook the World
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Jazz 100Top 100 Jazz AlbumsNext 100 (Pre-1980)
100 Albums That Shook the World
The wonder of Miles’ career is the sheer amount of times he seized the moment, grabbed the right people, and got them to deliver their best creative thoughts for him.
