Artist: 
Miles Davis

Birth Of The Cool

Tone Poet Vinyl + Art Print
€39,99

Release date: 22 May 2026

Miles Davis' earliest masterpiece "Birth Of The Cool" gets the royal treatment in celebration of the legendary trumpeter's Centennial. Following his trial-by-fire tenure in the Charlie Parker Quintet in the mid-1940s, Davis emerged with bolstered confidence and a creative hunger to explore new directions. A regular gathering of like-minded musicians at arranger Gil Evans' Manhattan apartment provided the workshop at which the Miles Davis Nonet was born, and in 1949-50 Davis led three seminal sessions for Capitol Records that documented this exciting new music with a cast of collaborators including Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, John Lewis, Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, and others. The nonet featured a unique instrumentation with French horn and tuba to create new textures influenced by impressionist classical music that inspired lyrical improvisations by the band's soloists on arrangements of pieces by Davis, Evans, Mulligan, Lewis, Denzil Best, Bud Powell, Johnny Mercer, and more.

BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a gatefold sleeve with deluxe tip-on jacket. 


Tracklisting:
A1. Move
A2. Jeru
A3. Moon Dreams
A4. Venus De Milo
A5. Budo
A6. Deception
B1. Godchild
B2. Boplicity
B3. Rocker
B4. Israel
B5. Rouge    

MILES DAVIS, trumpet / Lee Konitz, alto sax / Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax / J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, trombone / Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, drums

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Format Album
Release Date 2026
Speed 33 RPM
Size 12"