Exclusive: Birth Of The Cool (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP + 12" x 12" Miles Davis Litho Print (1958)

Blue Note, 1957 Exclusive 12" x 12" Miles Davis Print — free gift with purchase, while stocks last. Only available at Everything Jazz. Birth Of The Cool (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP Miles Davis’ earliest masterpiece Birth Of The Cool gets the royal treatment in celebration of the legendary trumpeter’s Centennial. Following his trial-by-fire tenure in the Charlie Parker Quintet in the mid-1940s, Davis emerged with bolstered confidence and a creative hunger to explore new directions. A regular gathering of like-minded musicians at arranger Gil Evans’ Manhattan apartment provided the workshop at which the Miles Davis Nonet was born, and in 1949-50 Davis led three seminal sessions for Capitol Records that documented this exciting new music with a cast of collaborators including Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, John Lewis, Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, and others. The nonet featured a unique instrumentation with French horn and tuba to create new textures influenced by impressionist classical music that inspired lyrical improvisations by the band’s soloists on arrangements of pieces by Davis, Evans, Mulligan, Lewis, Denzil Best, Bud Powell, Johnny Mercer, and more. Exclusive 12" x 12" Miles Davis Litho Print Handsome, cool, and impeccably stylish; the camera loved Miles Davis almost as much as the microphone. We're pairing "Michel Legrand Meets Miles Davis" with a beautiful, limited edition 12"x12'' litho print from the studio session. Taken on 25 June 1958 in Columbia Studios, New York, the arresting image captures Miles mid take. Photographer unknown. Tracklist & Credits - 1LP Tracklist Side A Move Jeru Moon Dreams Venus De Milo Budo Deception Side B Godchild Boplicity Rocker Israel Rouge This mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog phono reel master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket featuring session photos.