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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 twelve tracks 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 influenced by classical music techniques such as polyphony, and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title implies, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz. Most of them were originally released in the 10-inch 78-rpm format, "Classics in Jazz" (Capitol H-459) and are all approximately three minutes long. Musically, the songs on this album stand as an important reaction to the prominent bebop form in contemporary jazz. Though the break can be exaggerated Charlie Parker participated in the discussions Gil Evans or Gerry Mulligan led, most of the musicians were drawn from the bebop scene, and many continued to play in that style for years afterward it inspired a whole school of jazz musicians, particularly in California in what is usually referred to as "West Coast Jazz" or the "Cool School". Tracklisting (Bassed on Capitol ECJ-70056); Side-A 01. Move (Denzil Best, arranged by John Lewis) 02. Jeru (Gerry Mulligan, arranged by Mulligan) 03. Moon Dreams (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer, arranged by Gil Evans) 04. Venus de Milo (Gerry Mulligan, arranged by Mulligan) 05. Budo (Miles Davis, Bud Powell, arranged by Lewis) 06. Deception ((Miles Davis, arranged by Mulligan)) Side-B 01. Darn That Dream (Eddie DeLange, James Van Heusen, arranged by Mulligan) 02. Godchild (George Wallington, arranged by Mulligan) 03. Boplicity (Cleo Henry (Miles Davis), Gil Evans, arranged by Evans) 04. Rocker (Gerry Mulligan, arranged by Mulligan) 05. Israel (Johnny Carisi, arranged by Carisi) 06. Rouge (John Lewis, arranged by Lewis) Personnel & Recording Date; Miles Davis (trumpet), Kai Winding (trombone), Junior Collins (french horn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax, arrange), Al Haig (piano), Joe Schulman (bass), Max Roach (drums), John Lewis (arrange) WOR Studios, NYC, January 21, 1949 Jeru Move Godchild Budo (aka Hallucinations) Miles Davis (trumpet), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Sandy Siegelstein (french horn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax, arrange), John Lewis (piano, arrange), Nelson Boyd (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Johnny Carisi, Gil Evans (arrange) WOR Studios, NYC, April 22, 1949 Venus de Milo Rouge Boplicity Israel Miles Davis (trumpet), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Gunther Schuller (french horn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax, arrange), John Lewis (piano), Al McKibbon (bass), Max Roach (drums), Gil Evans (arrange) WOR Studios, NYC, March 9, 1950 Deception Rocker Moon Dreams add Kenny "Pancho" Hagood (vocal) same as above Darn That Dream