Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
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Free Music Review: A Must Have.
Hit: 5 Stars
For any fan of Jazz, Classical or Miles... you must buy this album. The new RVG remastering shines clearer light on this revolutionary masterpiece (it single-handedly sparked the entire "cool" west-coast Jazz movement, bringing to bear artists such as Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz and Dave Brubeck). Never harsh, always swinging, this magnificent blend of improvisation and composition (the voicings are simply ecstatic!) is truly unique - no other album or band in the history of music has sounded quite like the group put together for this recording. The lines are intricate, harkening back to the Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie Be-Bop recordings of the early 40's (which preceded this album, more-or-less), but are taken with a swinging, sing-song, sensual, casual mood and style that is guaranteed to take the edge off. And to imagine, it was Miles' first REAL debut as a leader!Free Music Review: My appreciation grows with time
Hit: 5 Stars
Like many newcomers to Jazz, the first recording that I really connected with was "Kind of Blue". (At the time, I thought I was special. Only later did I realize how stereotypical I was.) Until I listened to that disc, to my ears, Jazz was Jazz...it all kinda sounded the same. The more I listened, the more I realized that the cool sounds of Miles and Mulligan were what I enjoyed the most.
As I sought out more information and more music from Davis, everything pointed me towards Birth of the Cool. I even went to a "Jazz store" to buy it. I remember being prepared to be blown away on the first listen. It didn't happen. It's not that kind of disc.
Only after listening to it over time do you get the true appreciation for how excellent it is. But now, it's one of the few disks that stays in the CD changer while the other flavors of the week come and go.
Free Music Review: birth of the cool school...
Hit: 5 Stars
can't go wrong with this Miles Davis recording in your collection. With arrangements by Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans and John Lewis this is a compilation of 12 sides recorded by the Miles Davis nonet(nine musicians). This legendary recording is a jazz classic. The music moves away from bepop which tended to smaller groups of musicians and the music from this compilation led to the birth of the cool West Coast Sound of jazz though it originated on the East Coast. Beautiful arrangements and lively tunes. Gil Evans would meet with musicians in his apartment on the top of Chinese laundry and help compose the arrangements. The list of musicians on these recordings includes Miles Davis on trumpet, Gerry Mulligan on baritone sax, Lee Konitz alto sax, Max Roach on drums. A must for any jazz collection and jazz beginner. Gil Evans would later team with Miles on Porgy and Bess, Sketches of Spain.Free Music Review: Birth of the Cool
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the most unique jazz albums ever produced and is an essential. Miles's first essential album has him with a nonet (Two saxes (an alto and bari), one trombone, one french horn, one tuba, a rythymn section, and of course Miles himself). There are three different nonets on this cd with that instrumentation, and he is joined by such greats as John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan, Max Roach, Lee Konitz, J.J. Johnson, and Kai Winding. Each of the twelve tracks is unique in its own way, even though the same mood is sustained throughout the remainder of the album. Even though all of the tracks are good, some highlights are: "Move", "Jeru", "Boplicity", and "Israel". So if you're a fan of Miles's quintet/sextet stuff of the fifties and sixties, and want to hear him in a different setting than "Birth of the Cool" is for you!Free Music Review: Genious Miles
Hit: 5 Stars
This band only played for a couple of weeks, and just a few tracks were recorded. Almost 10 years elapsed before these tracks were compiled in an LP for the first time. Neverthless, the music from those sessions is one of the greatest achievements in jazz. For Miles hardcore fans, every album is genious and essential and a cornerstone, but this one really is. And a good place to start a jazz or a Miles collection. The story of how the original master tapes were discovered almost 50 years after they were recorded only adds to the magic aurea surronding this CD. The other version available, `the complete birth of the cool' did not use the original master tapes, and therefore is inferior in sound quality, and its only for completists.