Author: Miles Davis
Title: Birth Of The Cool
Category: Jazz
Style: Cool Jazz
Year: 1956
Notes: Please use Compilation tag.

Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, Date of released in 1957 on Capitol Records. It compiles eleven songs recorded by Davis's nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950. Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of innovative arrangements strongly inspired by classical music, and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title implies, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz. The majority of the recordings on the record are under three minutes. The album has since been reissued many times. Blue Note recently Date of released a version using the original tapes from Rudy Van Gelder, who produced the album.

Gil Evans contributed some charts to the sessions, acting as an advisor to a group of musicians who had met in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry. Evans had gained a reputation in the jazz world for his orchestration of bebop tunes for the Claude Thornhill orchestra, including Davis's "Donna Lee". Davis was seeking an alternative to the small groups typical of contemporary jazz (he was a member of Charlie Parker's quintet at the time), and in 1947 started to organize the loose circle of musicians into a working group. Rehearsals and experiments took place over the next year.

The nonet performed live only briefly—initially for a two week engagement in late August and early September 1948 at the Royal Roost Club in New York. Billed as the "Miles Davis Band", the group at this time consisted of Davis (trumpet), Mike Zwerin (trombone), Bill Barber (tuba), Junior Collins (French horn), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), John Lewis (piano), Al McKibbon (bass), and Max Roach (drums). Former Dizzy Gillespie vocalist Kenny Hagood was featured on a few songs. Unusually, the arrangers (Mulligan, Evans and Lewis) were given credit. The group returned to the Royal Roost later in September, and recordings from 4 September and 18 September 1948 were included on the 1998 Complete Birth of the Cool CD, alongside the later studio sides. There was a further short residency the following year at the Clique Club, but the nonet was not a financial success, and disbanded. In 1949 Davis had a contract with Capitol to record twelve sides for 78 rpm singles. He thus reformed the nonet to record three sessions in January and April 1949 and March 1950. Davis, Konitz, Mulligan and Barber were the only musicians who played on all three sessions, though the instrumental lineup was constant (excepting the omission of piano on a few songs). Originally Date of released as singles, eight of the tracks were compiled in 1953 on a 10" vinyl record in Capitol's "Classics In Jazz" series (H-459), and Birth of the Cool was Date of released in 1957 as a 12" LP that added the remaining three unDate of released instrumental pieces ("Move", "Budo" and "Boplicity"). The final track, "Darn That Dream" (the only song with vocals, by Hagood), was included with the other eleven on a 1971 LP. Subsequent releases have been based on this last arrangement.

Musically, the songs on Birth of the Cool stand as an important reaction to the prominent bebop form in contemporary jazz. Though the break can be exaggerated—Charlie Parker participated in the discussions Evans led, most of the musicians were drawn from the bebop scene, and many continued to play in that style for years afterward—it inspired a whole school of jazz musicians, particularly in California in what is usually referred to as "West Coast jazz" or the "cool school". Rating: 4.3
Format: AU AIFF MPC AA WMA ADX MP1 FLAC MP3
MP3 album RAR size: 1658 mb | FLAC album RAR size: 1739 mb

Tracklist

Move

Jeru

Moon Dreams

Venus De Milo

Budo

Deception

Godchild

Boplicity

Rocker

Israel

Rouge

Versions Find Your Version

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	US	1956
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	Netherlands	1956
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	US	1956
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	US	1956
T-762	Miles Davis	Nacimiento Del Cool Jazz ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	Argentina	1956
T-762, T.762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	T-762, T.762	France	1957
T 762, T. 762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	T 762, T. 762	UK	1957
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records	T-762	US	1958
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records	T-762	France	1958
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	Canada	1958
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	Canada	1958
T762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Capitol Records	T762	Italy	1958
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	Canada	1958
T-762, T762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RP)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	T-762, T762	France	1958
T-762, T762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RP, Mono)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	T-762, T762	France	1958
T762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T762	UK	1959
T 1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records	T 1974	UK	1963
T 1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T 1974	US	1963
T 1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RP)	Capitol Records	T 1974	UK	1963
T 1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Capitol Records	T 1974	Canada	1965
DT-8-1974, DT 8-1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Club, RE, Duo)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	DT-8-1974, DT 8-1974	US	1969
SNIR-CP 25.001	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Ricordi International	SNIR-CP 25.001	Italy	1970
8E07480798	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, Mono)	Capitol Records	8E07480798	Portugal	1972
S-21.454	Miles Davis	El Nacimiento Del Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, RE)	Movieplay	S-21.454	Spain	1972
ECJ-70056	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Capitol Records	ECJ-70056	Japan	1975
1C 056-80 798	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, Mono)	Capitol Records, EMI Electrola	1C 056-80 798	Germany	1978
CAPS 1024	Miles Davis	The Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RE)	Capitol Records	CAPS 1024	UK	1978
CAPS 1024, OC 054-85 489M	Miles Davis	The Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RE, Vio)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	CAPS 1024, OC 054-85 489M	UK	1978
SGD-83, T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	SGD-83, T-762	Japan	1980
ECJ-50050, T762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	ECJ-50050, T762	Japan	1980
ECJ-50050	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE, 180)	Capitol Records	ECJ-50050	Japan	1980
2M056-80798, 2M 056 80.798	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono, RE, Gat)	Music For Pleasure, Music For Pleasure	2M056-80798, 2M 056 80.798	France	1982
CP32-5181	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE, Mono)	Capitol Records	CP32-5181	Japan	1986
TC SVC 056	Miles Davis	The Birth Of The Cool ‎(Cass, Comp, RE)	Capitol Records, Inc.	TC SVC 056	Malaysia	1986
JW 77031	Miles Davis	Moon Dreams ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Jazz World	JW 77031	Europe	1988
D154138	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, Club, RE)	Capitol Jazz	D154138	US	1989
CDP 7 92862 2	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Capitol Jazz	CDP 7 92862 2	UK	1989
CDP 7 92862 2	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Capitol Jazz	CDP 7 92862 2	US	1989
CDP 592862	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE, Club)	Capitol Jazz	CDP 592862	US	1989
CDP-592862	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE, Club)	Capitol Jazz	CDP-592862	Canada	1989
0777 7 92862 2 5	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Comp)	Capitol Jazz	0777 7 92862 2 5	Europe	1989
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Capitol Records	T-762	Japan	1991
TOCJ-5953	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, Mono, RE, HSE)	Capitol Records	TOCJ-5953	Japan	1995
514342Z	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album)	Jazz Heritage	514342Z	US	1996
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album)	Capitol Records	T-762	Spain	1997
TOCJ-9272	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Mono, Pap)	Capitol Records	TOCJ-9272	Japan	2000
TOCJ-9252, T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, Mono, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	TOCJ-9252, T-762	Japan	2000
7243 5 30117 2 7	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Capitol Jazz	7243 5 30117 2 7	Europe	2001
7243 5 30117 2 7	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Capitol Jazz	7243 5 30117 2 7	Europe	2001
7243 5 30117 2 7	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Capitol Jazz	7243 5 30117 2 7	Argentina	2001
7243 5 30117 2 7	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Capitol Jazz	7243 5 30117 2 7	US	2001
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE, 200)	Classic Records, Capitol Jazz	T-762	US	2003
TOCJ-6805	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Capitol Records	TOCJ-6805	Japan	2006
50999 505385 2 2	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE)	EMI	50999 505385 2 2	France	2007
JT 941 LP	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Jazz Track	JT 941 LP	Europe	2008
5099902688022	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, Boo)	Blue Note	5099902688022	Netherlands	2011
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Capitol Records	T-762	France	2011
9152237	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, 180)	Pan Am Records	9152237	Europe	2011
VNL 12203 LP	Miles Davis	The Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Studio Media	VNL 12203 LP	France	2011
VNL 12203 LP	Miles Davis	The Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	DOM-Ermitage	VNL 12203 LP	Europe	2011
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	Japan	2012
NOTLP141	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Blu)	Not Now Music	NOTLP141	France	2014
771992	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, 180)	WaxTime	771992	Spain	2014
DOL801	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, 140)	Dol	DOL801	Europe	2014
63204	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, 24 )	Crackerjack Records	63204	Spain	2015
UCCU-99024	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Capitol Records	UCCU-99024	Japan	2015
DOL801H	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Dol	DOL801H	Europe	2015
6785454	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(12", Album, Mono, Ltd)	Vinyl Lovers	6785454	Europe	2016
UCCU 5776	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, SHM)	Capitol Records	UCCU 5776	Japan	2016
0002	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Comp, RE, Dig)	Blue Note, Universal Music Group	0002	Spain	2016
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Red)	Capitol Records	T-762	US	2016
NOTLP218	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, RE, 180)	Not Now Music	NOTLP218	UK	2016
RUM2011122	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Rumble Records	RUM2011122	UK & Europe	2016
NOTLP218	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Not Now Music	NOTLP218	2016
DOL801MB	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, Whi)	Dol	DOL801MB	Europe	2016
T762, 00602547972972	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RE, 180)	Capitol Records, Universal Music Group	T762, 00602547972972	Europe	2016
T762, B0025235-01	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Capitol Records, UMe	T762, B0025235-01	US	2016
144489.1151.014	Miles Davis	The Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Red)	Motivator Company Classics Catalog	144489.1151.014	Europe	2016
37043	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Dlx, Ltd, RE, 180)	Jazz Images	37043	Europe	2017
VNL 12203 R LP	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Ltd, RE, Red)	Disques DOM	VNL 12203 R LP	Germany	2017
DOL801HG	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	DOL	DOL801HG	Europe	2017
T762, B0025235-01	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Ltd, RE, Red)	Capitol Records, UMe	T762, B0025235-01	US	2017
VNL 12203 R LP	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Num, RE, Red + CD, Comp)	Disques DOM	VNL 12203 R LP	Europe	2017
7 92862 2, 0777 7 92862 2 5	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album)	Capitol Jazz, Capitol Jazz	7 92862 2, 0777 7 92862 2 5	Europe	Unknown
7243 5 30117 2 7, 530 1172	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, Comp, RE)	Capitol Jazz, Capitol Jazz	7243 5 30117 2 7, 530 1172	Europe	Unknown
C2-92862	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Capitol Jazz	C2-92862	Canada	Unknown
JT 939	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE, Dig)	Jazz Track	JT 939	Europe	Unknown
T 1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records	T 1974	New Zealand	Unknown
H 1017	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records	H 1017	Scandinavia	Unknown
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album)	Capitol Records	T-762	UK	Unknown
DT 1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Duo)	Capitol Records	DT 1974	US	Unknown
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	Israel	Unknown
DT 1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, RM, Duo)	Capitol Records	DT 1974	US	Unknown
CR-8035	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Capitol Records	CR-8035	Japan	Unknown
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	US	Unknown
T T 1974, TT-1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	T T 1974, TT-1974	US	Unknown
CR-8035	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Red)	Capitol Records	CR-8035	Japan	Unknown
T 762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Capitol Records	T 762	US	Unknown
T 762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, Mono)	Capitol Records	T 762	UK	Unknown
F 671045, GOOD BUY 2	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, 180)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	F 671045, GOOD BUY 2	Germany	Unknown
DT 1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RM, Duo)	Capitol Records	DT 1974	US	Unknown
TTX 40678, TTX 40.678	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Les Industries Musicales Et Electriques Pathé Marconi, Capitol Records	TTX 40678, TTX 40.678	France	Unknown
DT 1974	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Duo)	Capitol Records	DT 1974	Canada	Unknown
T762, 00602547972972	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RE, Tra)	Capitol Records, Universal Music Group	T762, 00602547972972	Unknown
TC-CAPS 1024, OC 254-85 489M	Miles Davis	The Birth Of The Cool ‎(Cass, Comp, Mono, RE)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	TC-CAPS 1024, OC 254-85 489M	UK	Unknown

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