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One of the great watershed moments in jazz, "Birth of the Cool" compiled 11 tracks Miles recorded with his nonet in 1949 and 1950. Complex yet elemental, exquisitely arranged yet intimate and relaxed, the sound that Miles Davis created with arranger Gil Evans on these sessions was, indeed, the birth of cool jazz. Every jazz collection needs this iconic album—and this 70th-anniversary release combines "Birth of the Cool" with a collection of live 1948 recordings that have never been on vinyl ’til now and a new Ashley Kahn essay: "Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece." You’ll hear "Jeru," "Deception," "Rouge," "Boplicity," "Why Do I Love You," "Israel," "Rocker," two versions each of "Move," "Moon Dreams," "Budo (Hallucinations)," "Godchild," "Darn That Dream" and more seminal cool-jazz performances! Blue Note.