Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool

Cat. no: 291050
Format: LP
Barcode: 8436563186929
Release Date: 08 May 2026
Genre: Jazz

The complete album + 1 bonus track - limited edition pressing on 180g vinyl

Although it is highly revered today, the music of the Miles Davis Nonet heard on Birth of the Cool left the audiences of the late 1940s indifferent. The group was highly popular among other musicians though and served as an inspirational force to a multitude of other bands, including those featured on Birth of The Cool. Traces of the nonet's music can be found in Miles' early 1950s recordings, Gil Evans recordings, including the wonderful collaborations between Evans and Miles, Gerry Mulligan's quartet with Chet Baker, certain arrangements from the Stan Kenton orchestra, and the chamber jazz of The Modern Jazz Quartet.

"This music is so inventive, it remains alluring even after its infuence has been thoroughly absorbed into the mainstream." - ***** Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic

Includes the bonus track "Conception" [aka Deception]. 

Tracks: Jeru / Move / Godchild / Budo / Venus De Milo / Rouge / Boplicity / Israel / Deception / Rocker / Moon Dreams / Darn That Dream / Conception [aka Deception]