- Artist:
- Miles Davis
The Complete Birth Of The Cool
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Release date: 7 June 2019
Article Number: 510364001
THE jazz classic! Miles Davis' “Birth Of The Cool” from 1957 really needs no introduction. The album marks Davis' transition from bebop to cool jazz and was his first collaboration with master arranger Gil Evans.
This edition contains the 12 tracks from the original album session from 1949 and 1950 as well as the live recording of a radio broadcast recorded during Miles' two-week stay at the Royal Roost in New York City in September 1948.
Packaging: 2 × 180g vinyl, cut from the original singles masters, sturdy tip-on gatefold sleeve, padded inner sleeves, glued-in 28-page booklet with rare photos and a new essay by respected jazz author Ashley Kahn.
Tracklist:
LP ONE: The Studio Sessions
A1. Move
A2. Jeru
A3. Moon Dreams
A4. Venus de Milo
A5. Budo (Hallucinations)
A6. Deception
B1. Godchild
B2. Boplicity
B3. Rocker
B4. Israel
B5. Rouge
B6. Darn That Dream
LP TWO: The Live Sessions
C1. Birth of the Cool Theme
C2. Symphony Sid Announces the Band
C3. Move
C4. Why Do I Love You
C5. Godchild
C6. Symphony Sid Introduction
C7. S'il Vous Plait
D1. Moon Dreams
D2. Budo (Hallucination)
D3. Darn That Dream
D4. Move
D5. Moon Dreams
D6. Budo (Hallucinations)
Tracks C1 - D2: Live At The Royal Rooster, New York, September 4, 1948
Tracks D3 - D6: Live At The Royal Rooster, New York, September 18, 1948
Miles Davis (Trumpet); Lee Konitz (Alto Saxophone); Gerry Mulligan (Baritone Saxophone); Al McKibbon (Bass); Joe Shulman (Bass); Nelson Boyd (Bass); Kenny Clarke (Drums); Max Roach (Drums); Junior Collins (French Horn); Gunther Schuller (Drums); Sandy Siegelstein (Drums); Al Haig (Piano); John Lewis (Piano); J.J. Johnson (Trombone); Kai Winding (Trombone); John Barber (Tuba); Kenny Hagood (Vocals)
