The Complete Birth Of The Cool

Stunning vinyl with a very smart cover still in original wrap.

Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1957 on Capitol Records.^[2][3] It compiles twelve tracks recorded by Davis's nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950.^[4]

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 implies, 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.