Miles Davis

2016 press. Blue vinyl.
The record that pretty much rewrote the jazz rulebook. Birth of the Cool captures a young Miles carving out a new sound - smooth, restrained, and impossibly stylish. These sessions from 1949–50 are the blueprint for modern jazz: laid-back brass harmonies, muted trumpet, and arrangements that still sound fresh seventy-odd years later. Cool in name, cool in nature, and still absolutely untouchable. FFO: Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans, John Coltrane, Stan Getz