SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT CONTEMPORARY CONCERTS APPRAISALS George Hoefer’s closing comment in his Down Beat review from 1965 noted: “Jazz record buyers may have missed the boat back in 1949, but today there are many who listen to the Birth of the Cool with the same affection the old-timers have for theLouis Armstrong-King Oliver duets […]
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THE BIRTH OF THE COOL ON CAPITOL RECORDS PART SIX – ANDRE HODEIR /ALUN MORGAN
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT – REVIEWS Andre Hodeir’s Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence was translated from the French and published in English by Grove Press in 1956. Originally published in France in 1954 as Hommes et problèmes du jazz, It stands as the first extensive critical appraisal of Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool sessions. […]
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (12” LPs)M-11026 [1972] The third 12” LP release of the Birth of the Cool sessions brought the marketing of these sessions full circle. The initial 10” LP releases had been marketed by Capitol as part of their “Classics in Jazz” series. The new marketing package released this music as part of […]
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (12” LPs)T-762 [1957] Eleven of the twelve tunes recorded by the various Miles Davis ensembles in January and April of 1949 and March of 1950 that had been released over four 10” LPs as noted in Part Two of this series were finally united on a single 12” LP release in […]
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (10” LPs) The three sessions recorded by Capitol Records in New York in 1949 and 1950 under the leadership of Miles Davis have received widespread coverage in the print media in the sixty plus years since they were recorded. The sessions have collectively been christened “The Birth of the Cool” sessions […]
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (78s) The three sessions recorded by Capitol Records in New York in 1949 and 1950 under the leadership of Miles Davis have received widespread coverage in the print media during the sixty plus years since they were recorded. The sessions have collectively been christened “The Birth of the Cool” sessions ever […]
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