Miles Davis Birth of the Cool 200g Audiophile Mono Classic Records plays Mint-
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Miles Davis ~ Birth of the Cool 200-gram Analogue Audiophile QUIEX SV-P Super Vinyl pressing. Classic Records / Capitol Records - T762 Mono Vinyl is/looks VG++ to Mint-, mostly Mint- with a few, faint and minor inaudible inner-sleeve-type surface-marks on side 1. Vinyl plays Mint-. Includes Classic Records postcard and original outer plastic sleeve with 200-gram sticker. Cover is Mint-. Labels are VG++ to Mint-: side 2 has a few minor faint spindle-marks and both sides have faint and minor marks from the VPI machine-cleaner clamp near the spindle-hole. Audiophile inner-sleeve has intact seams. Out of Print.
"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 " ." -allmusic
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