“Birth Of The Cool” by Miles Davis - album review
features in: (B-list) Album Chart of 1957 ● (B-list) Album Chart of the 1950s ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |
Compiles 11 tunes from his critically acclaimed 1949-1950 sessions, 8 of which had previously featured on his 1954 10" LP, “Classics in Jazz”. Of that set, four of the tunes had never been released previously – “Moon Dreams” (the album’s best track), “Deception”, “Rocker” and “Rouge”. “Jeru”, “Venus de Milo”, “Godchild”, and “Israel” had been issued previously on 78 singles, although “Birth Of The Cool” would prove to be the most celebrated platform for the recordings. Although the arrangements are complex, the tempo is relaxed and the tone light. It’s the style which would soon come to be known commonly as “cool jazz”. Whether that’s an apt description is, of course, is a matter of opinion…
The Jukebox Rebel
09–Oct–2015
Tracklist |
A1 | [02:33] Miles Davis - Move (Denzil Best) Jazz |
A2 | [03:11] Miles Davis - Jeru (Gerry Mulligan) Jazz |
A3 | [03:18] Miles Davis - Moon Dreams (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer) Jazz |
A4 | [03:11] Miles Davis - Venus De Milo (Gerry Mulligan) Jazz |
A5 | [02:33] Miles Davis - Budo (Bud Powell, Miles Davis) Jazz |
A6 | [02:46] Miles Davis - Deception (Miles Davis) Jazz |
B1 | [03:08] Miles Davis - Godchild (George Wallington) Jazz |
B2 | [03:00] Miles Davis - Boplicity (Cleo Henry) Jazz |
B3 | [03:04] Miles Davis - Rocker (Gerry Mulligan) Jazz |
B4 | [02:15] Miles Davis - Israel (Johnny Carisi) Jazz |
B5 | [03:13] Miles Davis - Rouge (John Lewis) Jazz |