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Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1957 on Capitol Records. It compiles eleven songs recorded by Davis's nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950. Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of innovative arrangements strongly inspired by classical music, and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title implies, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz.

Miles Davis was on the verge of forming one of his most acclaimed ensembles in 1964.

Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary Vinyl Initiative 1952 – Miles Davis - Young Man With A Horn (BLP 5013) and 1953 – Miles Davis - Vol. 2 (BLP 5022) make up the material on “Miles Davis Volume 1”

Coloured Vinyl Edition Kind of Blue isn't merely an artistic highlight for Miles Davis, it's an album that towers above its peers, a record generally considered as the definitive jazz album. It's hard to imagine it as anything other than a cornerstone of any jazz collection.

Thought by many to be among the most revolutionary albums in jazz history, Miles Davis' Bitches Brew solidified the genre known as jazz-rock fusion.