Miles Davis – Birth Of The Cool (Special Edition)

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UPC: VNL22663

Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis, released in February 1957 by Capitol Records.^{[nb 1]} It compiles eleven tracks recorded by Davis's nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950.^[5]

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 suggests, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz. Most of them were originally released in the 10-inch 78-rpm format and are all approximately three minutes long.