Birth Of The Cool (Tone Poet Edition): Vinyl LP Blue Note a bluesy and swinging date

a bluesy and swinging date with Gillespie’s drummer Lex Humphries and bassist Ray Brown

Terri Lyne Carrington

each given buoyant support by bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Billy Higgins

and drummer Marian Booker Jr

Full of complex unison lines of angular melody and mean waves of improvisation

Birth Of The Cool (Tone Poet Edition): Vinyl LP Blue Note a bluesy and swinging dateMiles Davis first masterpiece Birth Of The Cool gets the royal treatment in celebration of the legendary trumpeters Centennial. Davis seminal nonet recordings were captured in 194950 with a cast of notable collaborators including Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, and Gil Evans. This mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog phono reel master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a