Miles Davis · 1957 · 1950s · Entry 223 of 272
Birth of the Cool
The nine-piece nonet sessions from 1949-50 finally collected. Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, and Lewis arranging French horn and tuba into bebop. The shot heard around West Coast jazz.
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