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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool |
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Genre: Jazz |
Dates: 1949-1950 |
Less than half a decade after helping set the jazz world aflame on Charlie Parker's revolutionary bebop sessions (see
below), Davis, confidently pursuing his own emotional inclinations, here cools
it back down. To a great extent, he is not the star; the arrangements of
Gil Evans and the young baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan (who also composes
several of the best tunes and plays brilliantly) are the standouts. But, as
would recur at least three times in the following quarter-century, it is
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Playlist: 1. Move |
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