| Article number: | 0602478957826 |
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Celebrate the legendary trumpeter's Centennial with this royal treatment of Miles Davis' earliest masterpiece, 'Birth of the Cool.' This seminal work documents the exciting new music born from gatherings at arranger Gil Evans' Manhattan apartment, leading to the formation of the Miles Davis Nonet.
Following his tenure in the Charlie Parker Quintet in the mid-1940s, Miles Davis emerged with a creative hunger to explore new directions. The sessions documented here took place in 1949-50 for Capitol Records, featuring collaborators such as Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, John Lewis, Max Roach, and Kenny Clarke.