Birth of the Cool

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Birth of the Cool
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Length
11 tracks, 32:22
Release Date
1 January 1957
Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1957 on Capitol Records. It compiles twelve tracks recorded by Davis's nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950. Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of innovative arrangements influenced by classical music techniques such as polyphony, and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title implies, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz. Most of them were originally r… read more
Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1957 on Capitol Records. It compiles twelve tracks recor… read more
Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1957 on Capitol Records. It compiles twelve tracks recorded by Davis's nonet for the lab… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Move
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 2:33 236,720 listeners
2 Play track Jeru
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 3:12 220,400 listeners
3 Play track Moon Dreams
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 3:20 239,642 listeners
4 Play track Venus de Milo
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 3:12 182,745 listeners
5 Play track Budo
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 2:34 186,382 listeners
6 Play track Deception
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 2:48 156,580 listeners
7 Play track Godchild
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 3:09 157,707 listeners
8 Play track Boplicity
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 3:02 205,127 listeners
9 Play track Rocker
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 3:04 146,310 listeners
10 Play track Israel
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 2:14 148,949 listeners
11 Play track Rouge
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 3:14 129,125 listeners

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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In a career spanning nearly five decades, Davis was at the forefront of several major stylistic developments in jazz, including—but not limited to—bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, third stream, modal jazz, avant-garde jazz, and jazz fusion. Davis's legacy extends beyond jazz into the realms of rock, funk, classical, and hip-hop. Born into an upper-middle-class family in Alto… read more
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz a… read more
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In a career spanning ne… read more

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