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Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by the 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.
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool is a 2019 American documentary film about Miles Davis, directed by Stanley Nelson Jr. [4] [5] [6] [7] Production. The film was made for the PBS American Masters television series [8] and premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Jan 21, 2024 · Recorded between 1949 and 1950, Miles Davis’ ‘Birth Of The Cool’ is a landmark jazz album that influenced generations of musicians.
Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, 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.
Birth of the Cool was the most important stylistic step to follow after bebop—generating an entirely new wave of playing that influenced a new generation in the early 1950s. It started as a way of finding a way to meld the polyphony and other modern classical ideas (discordance, impressionism, unusual instrumentation) with the harmonic ...
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, which earned a Grammy nomination in the “Best Music Film” category, premiereed nationwide Tuesday, February 25 at 9 p.m. on PBS in honor of Black History...
Jun 19, 2019 · A modern-jazz touchstone that opened the door to the sleek introspection and sophisticated aplomb of 1950s cool jazz gets an exquisite and essential vinyl reissue.
Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, studio outtakes, and rare photos, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool tells the story of a truly singular talent and unpacks the man behind the horn. Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial.
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (Full Album 1957)Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in February or Marc...
The Complete Birth of the Cool chronicles the brief yet monumental importance of the Miles Davis Nonet, presenting together all the music created by this collective — the 12 sides they recorded in 1949/‘50, as well as the ensemble’s only extant live recordings, recorded at the Royal Roost.
