jazz LP MILES DAVIS “Birth of Cool” CAPITOL T762 mono ORIG turquoise

$

142

Artist:   MILES DAVIS

Title:   “Birth of the Cool”

Label:   CAPITOL.  Monaural pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Labels are turquoise with silver text.  Catalog number is T-762.

Year:   1956

Personnel:

Miles Davis – leader and trumpet

Kai Winding or J. J. Johnson – trombone

Junior Collins, Sandy Siegelstein, or Gunther Schuller – French horn

John Barber – tuba

Lee Konitz – alto sax

Gerry Mulligan – baritone sax

Al Haig or John Lewis – piano

Max Roach or Kenny Clarke – drums

Review:

“So dubbed because these three sessions -- two from early 1949, one from March 1950 -- are where the sound known as cool jazz essentially formed, Birth of the Cool remains one of the defining, pivotal moments in jazz. This is where the elasticity of bop was married with skillful, big-band arrangements and a relaxed, subdued mood that made it all seem easy, even at its most intricate. After all, there's a reason why this music was called cool; it has a hip, detached elegance, never getting too hot, even as the rhythms skip and jump. Indeed, the most remarkable thing about these sessions -- arranged by Gil Evans and featuring such heavy-hitters as Kai Winding, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, and Max Roach – is that they sound intimate, as the nonet never pushes too hard, never sounds like the work of nine musicians. Furthermore, the group keeps things short and concise (probably the result of the running time of singles, but the results are the same), which keeps the focus on the tones and tunes. The virtuosity led to relaxing, stylish mood music as the end result -- the very thing that came to define West Coast or "cool" jazz -- but this music is so inventive, it remains alluring even after its influence has been thoroughly absorbed into the mainstream.”

(courtesy Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com)

Condition: 

DISC:   Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:   VG++ with nice clean artwork.  Seams, spine, and surfaces are excellent.  A bit of minor wear at corner tips.  Reverse has light ring wear beginning to appear and there is a small notation in blue ink at the bottom; otherwise is clean and white with no stickers, cutout indications or other issues.  Overall a very fine jacket.  

Includes the original factory inner sleeve from CAPITOL RECORDS in excellent condition.

Track Listing:

Side One:

• Move
• Jeru
• Moon Dreams
• Venus de Milo
• Budo
• Deception

Side Two:

• Godchild
• Boplicity
• Rocker
• Israel
• Rouge

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