Music From And Inspired By Birth Of The Cool, A Film By Stanley Nelson (Double Gatefold LP)

 
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Miles Davis
Music From And Inspired By Birth Of The Cool, A Film By Stanley Nelson (Double Gatefold LP)

[ Columbia / LP ]

Release Date: Friday 6 March 2020

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The definitive audio companion to the critically-acclaimed new documentary directed and produced by Stanley Nelson, the soundtrack is an essential Miles Davis playlist for seasoned fans and new listeners alike, lovingly curated by the director and paired with short commentary audio excerpts from the film for a unique listening experience.

It brings together recordings and performances spanning labels and the artist's musical evolution--from "Donna Lee" (a 1947 Savoy master take with legendary alto saxophonist Charlie Parker) to "Moon Dreams" from the groundbreaking 1949 Capitol sessions that were ultimately collected on the album Birth Of The Cool, through the seminal 1950s pieces for Columbia that revolutionized the worlds of jazz and popular music (including "Generique," Miles' improvised soundtrack to Louis Malle's "Elevator to the Gallows" as well as tracks from Miles Ahead and, of course the most popular jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue).

The album also highlights Miles's evolution in the 1960s with tracks from Sketches of Spain and Someday My Prince Will Come to his iconoclastic invention of electric jazz/fusion (exemplified in a 45rpm single edit of "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" from Bitches Brew). And it documents his triumphant mid 1980s comeback (1986's "Tutu"), while premiering a brand-new track, "Hail To The Real Chief."

The new track features unreleased Miles Davis studio trumpet performances combined with music written by Lenny White, produced by White and Vince Wilburn, Jr and featuring an all-star collection of Miles band alumni and acolytes including White, Wilburn, Marcus Miller, Emilio Modeste, Jeremy Pelt, Antoine Roney, John Scofield, Bernard Wright, and Quinton Zoto.

Tracks:

[LP1]
SIDE A
1. Commentary: Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath
2. Milestones (1958)
3. Commentary: Greg Tate
4. Donna Lee (Charlie Parker with Miles Davis) (1947)
5. Commentary: Ashley Kahn, Symphony Sid Introduction
6. Moon Dreams (1949)
7. Commentary: George Wein
8. 'Round Midnight (1957)

SIDE B
1. Commentary: Carlos Santana
2. It Never Entered My Mind (1959)
3. Commentary: Vincent Bessieres
4. Generique (1958)
5. Commentary: Jimmy Cobb
6. So What (1959)

[LP2]
SIDE A
1. Commentary: Gil Evans
2. New Rhumba (1957)
3. Commentary: Frances Taylor Davis
4. The Pan Piper (Alborada de Vigo) (1960)
5. Commentary: Jack Chambers
6. Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

SIDE B 0
1. Commentary: Wayne Shorter
2. Footprints (1967)
3. Commentary: Carlos Santana, Quincy Troupe
4. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (45RPM Single Edit) (1970)
5. Commentary: Marcus Miller
6. Tutu (1986)
7. Commentary: Erin Davis
8. Hail To The Real Chief (Brand New Recording featuring unreleased Miles Davis performances; Produced by Lenny White & Vince Wilburn, Jr.)