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 FOUR
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (12” LPs) DT-1974 [1965] Leonard Feather wrote an extended article on Miles Davis for Down Beat that was published in the July 2, 1964 edition of the magazine. The piece was titled “MILES AND THE FIFTIES” and included an in depth examination of the Birth of the Cool sessions via an […]
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