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This jazz sounds like nice jazz to me.
Never really took the time to listen to a full Jazz album before but I do have the odd soft spot for jazz. I listened to this in Cornwall making dinner and I've got to admit, I was so focused on dinner and also relaxed, I enjoyed listening despite not being my go to genre.
Second instrumental Jazz album in a row. Nothing insightful to say, doesn't do anything for me I'm afraid.
In de alternative rock scene heb je The Velvet Underground dat pionierde in allerlei genres, in de punkwereld had je Ian MacKaye die een hele rits aan nieuwe punkstijlen op zijn conto schreef, en in de jazz heb je Miles Davis. In de ontwikkeling van welke post-bebop stijl heeft hij geen dominante hand gehad? We hebben al een album gehad waarin hij early modal jazz vormgeeft, en een plaat waarin hij de grenzen van de jazz/rock fusie opzoekt. Nu is het tijd voor - zoals de titel van dit compilatiealbum al weggeeft - cool jazz. Dit is toch wel de jazzstijl die ik erg associeer met film noir, die met zijn relaxte stijl echt een goede mood-setter is in films waarin het hoofdpersonage vooral heel cool moet ogen. Die rol vertolkt dit genre uitstekend, maar ik mis toch wel een beetje instrumentele variatie en extatische uitspattingen als ik een cool jazz album als deze in z'n geheel luister. Waar het Bill Evans Trio van laatst sterk overeind bleef zonder blazers, mist dit album eigenlijk wel wat andere smaken. 'Jeru' en 'Venus De Milo' zijn m'n favoriete stukken, maar de rest kan zich moeilijk onderscheiden van elkaar. Laten we zo zeggen, ik ben blij dat Miles' rijke discografie een plethora aan smaken bevat, zodat de uiteenlopende jazzliefhebbers allemaal wel aan hun trekken komen. Het was uiteraard aangenaam en 'effortlessly cool', maar ook een beetje saai. 6,5/10 Highlights: Jeru Venus De Milo
Echt bizar hoe lang Miles Davis relevant is geweest en grensverleggende muziek heeft gemaakt. De opnames van deze plaat komen uit 1949/1950. En klinken tot de dag van vandaag fijn en toegankelijk. De trompet en de jazz blijven zo'n fijne match en cool-jazz is heerlijk cool en rustig. Daarmee wel fijner voor de achter- dan de voorgrond. Dus ook gewoon een beetje saai. 6,5/10
Much more accessible than I anticipated
3/5
Cool.
I know this is an important document in the history of Jazz, but today it's just another jazz record that I appreciate every once and again. It's not my favorite Miles album, I don't reach for it like I do Kind of Blue or Bitches Brew. It's not even in my top 5, if I'm being honest.
Like with a lot of jazz, I respect the musical talent, but it just don't click with it.
Was it coincidence or the 1001 Gods working their magic that I dreamt last night playing a duet with a trumpet player (not Miles) last night? As an occasional Sax player for my own pleasure I have recently been trying to educate myself with Jazz. A genre I would have previous dismissed. An album titled Birth of Cool by Miles Davies in itself gives the impression that it should be on this list without any argument at all. As part of my jazz eduction I have bought Miles Davies albums. Kind of Blue (already reviewed) and Bitches Brew are two of these and albums I really like. I do not like this one as much. It’s OK but every track seems to follow the same jazz recipe - opening melody, each instrument solo, resolving melody. Which is fine but difficult to distinguish one track from another other than a random title. Whilst listening could not get the image of American GI’s dancing with northern town English girls in 1944 to this type of music. That gives anyone of a certain generation an idea of what this album offers. The other interesting thing was whilst reading the Wiki entry for the album I learnt what a nonet was. So an extra star for that enlightenment. 3/5 2/9/24
Relaxing 3/5
seemed very cool to me.. I liked it.
Good background music
Very smooth, very cool, albeit a little bit background-y as a consequence.
Un pezzo di storia, purtroppo non riesco ad apprezzarlo appieno (e purtroppo ho dei problemi con i "the best of"), ma rimane un piacevole ascolto serale.
Not his best, but still so great. Could (and did) listen to this for hours.
aynı şarkıymış gibi geldi hepsi yani arkaya açarsan resim falan yaparken sarabilir ama bunun dışında yok yine de güzeldi
Pretty good Album to Listen to while surviving your daily life. Nothing for me to just Listen to. Was good for showering and getting ready
I think I am not smart enough for Jazz. The first song was enjoyable, the second and third or fourth disconcerting, the songs after that I enjoyed when I imagined people in underground Bars in the 50s having fun. The last song was strikingly contemporary and very beautiful. Overall not my type but sticking around for the last song made it worthwhile. It took too much of my brainpower to listen to it, I couldn’t just vibe or abschalt. Would probably kind of slap in a live performance though. I suspect Jazz is like wine and you have to build a taste for it.
jazz instrumental, no lyrics, gotta be in the mood for it 3/5
I liked this okay. It's good background music and he is incredibly talented but it's not something that I seek to listen to.
Pretty cool. Pretty chill. Good for a dinner party
Nice easy cooking supper music
Fav: Jeru Least Fav: Moon Dreams
An album everyone says you should listen to, but I never have. Good but not great. Kinda just fell into the background while I was listening.
I like it. But it's not very sticky to me.
Traditional jazz - nothing experimental. Good but not great.
Enjoyed this quite a lot.
It's probably blasphemy rating this a 3, but I've never really been into jazz.
#55 - Amazing Miles as usual marking a before and after in the evolution of jazz. Very good but it doesn't tickle me as much as Kind of Blue.
6.5
Ok as far as jazz goes i try, sometimes I like it most of the time I dont. As far as Miles Davis goes I love Kind Of Blue so looking forward to this but with Miles you don't know what your going to get. This fell more towards the Kind Of Blue side of things and was rather enjoyable.
I love Miles Davis, but this album sounds mediocre until you read about it and find out all the planning that must have gone into who would play what when. It was very much a background album for me while driving. Nothing wrong with it except for how standard it sounds. Miles usually wows me, but Birth of The Cool doesn't wow me all that much. It's fine. It's great for background music, but otherwise it sounds pretty standard for jazz.
I have a soft spot for 50s music due to my love of the fallout video games
It kinda feels like I'm on the longest elevator ride of my life, but I can't say that I'm particularly upset about that...
Although this lacked the funkiness of Herbie Hancock’s “Headhunters” or the vocals of John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”, the musical talent is on full display. It was a short and sweet experience, but not enough to get me fully immersed in the genre.
Not as good as the other Miles Davis albums.
3 decent jazz
Not the best Davis album but still interesting enough ;)
Didn’t enjoy as much as the more Freeform long play stuff we’ve already had - still good though.
not my cup o tea
Cool jazz.Correcto.
I’m not typically into jazz, but this was enjoyable. Good reading music
bão pra tomar uma em nova orleans. Só músico bom, porém cansa a mesmice instrumental.
I dig jazz and all but these are just so samey samey sounding. I couldn’t tell you which one I liked more or less than any other. Good background music though.
Cool jazz.
Shory, fun jazz album. Easy to listen to.
I like a lot of stuff from Davis. For some reason this album misses me. Hoping that some of my favorites landed in this list but time will tell!
I know it’s cool to like this so I’m giving it three stars and not listening to it again
2.5. first Jazz of this list and enjoyed listening. Needs revisiting to pick up on details of songs
I thought I'd enjoy this (So What is a fave) but it didn't quite grab me. Maybe I needed to be listening to it in a different context, something more moody than the reality supplied by the 2020s
The king.
- Ich habe langsam das Gefühl, dass ich diesen vielen Jazz-Alben nicht wirklich gerecht werde. Alle lösen bei mir ein ähnliches Gefühl aus und werden dann dementsprechend ähnlich bewertet. So auch hier: - Wieder ein Platte, wo ich zu keiner Zeit des Durchhörens wusste, wo ein Song aufhört oder ein neuer anfängt. War wieder mal eine Gesamt-Experience. Die war aber geil. 3,5/5
Entspannte Jazz Session
Im not a big fan of Jazz, but this I enjoyed. My favourite track was Moon Dreams because it was a nice calming track, not just a loud trumpet. I probably wouldn't listen again because these albums are not really in the genres of music I listen too.
It's Miles Davis. Of course it's great - this album changed the course of modern jazz after all! And yet - I remain a bit untouched by this, as if this is talking to me from a distance. Where later stage Davis takes me by the guts, this does not grab me. There is a politeness to it today, maybe unfair because I am obviously receiving it 70 years after it was shared with the world and subsequently influenced thousands of musicians. To the non-musician I am, it sounds a bit formulaic and... Boring?
For a jazz album this is not too bad, but I still don't give a toss about it.
I don't understand jazz enough to have any idea, really. You know what though? Sounded cool.
It doesn’t engage in the obvious boundary-pushing that some of Davis’s later albums do but I must say I enjoyed this more than some of his ‘classic’, Kind Of Blue style stuff. The spiritely-yet-chilled tunes on this album actually serve to lighten my mood rather than depress me, and I do prefer my jazz in snack-sized chunks.
This album created a liminal space inside my head. It was very pleasant but also hard to review for that reason. Favourite track: Moon Dreams.
This is jazz! Personally I don't know what's good or bad jazz. I can say that I wasn't bored, but I wanted to finish it sooner than later... 3/5
Fine but much prefer his later work.
ja leuk hoor, niet me favo Miles maar alsnog mooi voor op de achtergron when you are vibing
Good Jazz, not really my thing.
one of the few jazz artists i actually tolerate and can enjoy
decent jazz, short enough to not get boring
This is very enjoyable but not quite as gripping as the more dramatic Jazz stuff that I've heard from Davis (Sketches in Spain) or more trippy/psychedelic stuff that I've enjoyed in general (Journey in Satchidanada), though I'm no Jazz aficionado by any means. Growing on me though... it's very infectious and fun. Move in particular is fantastic.
Great jazz record, not much to say.
This was recorded over three sessions in 1949/50. Swing Jazz was on it's way out and Cool Jazz starts right here? This is the cool toe tapping kind of Jazz. They do it perfectly I assume. This is super easy to listen to, almost to the point of being background music. It's totally enjoyable. I think most any other music you listen from 1950 is immediately going to sound dated and of a completely different era. This stands the test off time and there's enough here that's been carried on over the years where it doesn't completely sound alien in 2024. This doesn't blow me away but it's 100 percent easy and pleasant to listen to. 3.5/5
An absolutely fine 50s jazz album, but pales in comparison to the mind melting things Miles would wind up moving on to
Solid jazz album, good background music.
A little too smooth to be my thing, but Cool, nonetheless.
I think jazz is cool but I’ve never really felt anything significant from it. I don’t hate this, I kind of like it. Moon dreams is really good. the dissonance and eeriness is what makes it shine. as a musician you have to be marveled by the songwriting abilities on this.
Pretty chill, Miles Davis is just so good. Favorite track is either “Moon Dreams”, “Jeru”, or “Rocker”. Very stereotypical jazz, easy to listen to.
eh, nothing really special besides the very famous single
Accomplished and enjoyable.
There was some Deception with this album, but it made me Move! The Moon Dreams were bright!
I might not be cool enough for this. I'm trying to trick my brain into liking jazz but something isn't clicking. I do appreciate how music from this era doesn't have that timeless quality that stuff from the 60s can have, rather it transports you to the 40s or 50s. And that's interesting. But it all runs together for me.
Good. I liked the style though I found it too slow and not weird enough.
Faster and more active than my fave of his albums, shorter tracks, still super cool
Hoeveel zelfvertrouwen moet je hebben om een album Birth of the Cool te noemen? En hoe vet als je dan ook nog eens gelijk hebt? Los daarvan, ben ik eerlijk gezegd niet de allergrootste fan van Cool jazz als een genre. Het is wat rustiger en wat 'saaier' naar mijn mening dan andere vormen van jazz. Dat is bij dit album dus ook een beetje. Sowieso is het een compilatie, wat bijvoorbeeld Kind of Blue niet is en waardoor dat album ook veel beter in elkaar overvloeit in tegenstelling tot dit. Daarentegen zijn er echt nog heel veel nummers die top klinken, maar ik ben wel minder weggeblazen( ha ha snap je? ) dan bij vorige jazz albums. FAVO: Jeru, Boplicity, Israel, Rouge
Not stunned by anything. Great though.
Good background music but found it less engaging than other records like "Bitches Brew, In a Slient Way, or Kind of Blue."
3.5/5
enjoyable , not something i’d frequent but i downloaded 3 and 9
It's brilliantly executed, has a warm production and is generally pretty fun, but kinda washed over me tbh. All very thematically similar.
It's jazz alright!
El sonido "cool jazz" tiene su origen en las tres sesiones recogidas en este álbum. Los arreglos de big band acompañan la trompeta inigualable de Miles Davis en una cadencia aparentemente sencilla, incluso en sus momentos más complicados. Piezas íntimas, relajantes y elegantes que definen este jazz de la costa oeste. Una escucha placentera y muy aconsejable.
It's a good album. But when you consider what Miles Davis would ultimately achieve in jazz music, you could say with "Birth of the Cool" he hasn't come into his own yet. In short, it sounds like ordinary jazz, nothing special. Compare it to Kind of Blue (1959) and you'll see what I mean.
Very cool
Great trumpet, cool old school jazz.
Jazz
Good music but you have to be in the right mood
Beautiful music but no lyrics and I'm.that guy who likes lyrics
I prefer my jazz with more skronk and weirdness, but I recognize that this is "good".
Really easy relaxing background music
Jazz sure is jazz
Cool jazz.Correcto.
Really cool, smooth jazz with excellent dynamics. To be listened to as a whole.
I could myself listening to this.. sitting at Disneyland waiting for my beignet order to be fulfilled. 2.5
Fun fact: nothing was cool until this album released in 1957. Thanks, Miles Davis.
Respect voor het talent en een vette albumtitel, maar ik kan hier slecht inkomen. Wel lekkere achtergrondmuziek
Faszinierend, einflussreich. Sehr empfehlenswert!
Prefer the late 60-70's Miles Era
Not for me 3/5
Nice for a piano bar of some sort
It's Miles Davis. Not really any surprises here. It's good.
Solid for sure, as you'd expect from him. It definitely feels like an earlier album than his true greats though. Still very enjoyable, but if I'm going to listen to Miles Davis it probably isn't the one I would immediately reach for.
Surely very good quality playing but after a bit off t gets boring. To be listened to in small doses
Jazz takes many forms, some of which I like some that I can appreciate and some that pass me by. This is somewhere between the last two.
6/10 for me. Never been really into Jazz but I enjoyed listening to this whole compilation! Definitely going to throw on more of this when cooking and cleaning the house. Cool stuff
If you rank musical artists by the number of albums you know/own of theirs and the amount of time you spend listening to them then Miles Davis would be my #1 by a mile. Not to sound like a jazz prick but Miles easily has 20 or 30 albums I would put ahead of this and I regret that the album title and cover art are so interesting it ends up being an intro to jazz record for a lot of people and unfortunately it doesn't work well for that. This is still very early in his career - I think possibly these are his first sessions after quitting Charlie Parker's band when he was 22? - and he didn't really become a great band leader until he got his act together and kicked heroin 5-6 years later. He is still finding his style as a soloist and the arrangements feel cumbersome to me. I also prefer my jazz combos - and most ensembles in any genre, actually - on the smaller side for more intimate interplay among the musicians. But this is a nine piece band, and once you get beyond about five musicians in a band, the improv tends to take a back seat to composition and orchestration. Afficianados call this record "important," which it took me decades to have the self-confidence to realize is usually code for "I know I am supposed to like this but I don't." Unfortunately, this perpetuates the problem, as another generation gets lured into jazz from this record and leaves bored and disappointed or possibly even feeling inadequate themselves. It's not your fault - the critics are cowards! Speaking of great Miles Davis album titles, have you seen this hilarious memo to record company execs from Miles's longtime producer, Teo Macero - first ballot Hall of Fame usage of "Please advise": https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/this-is-my-favorite-memo-ever
A lot going on--I like Kind of Blue more.
Good album!
Jazzy
I LOVE the In A Peaceful Way EP, one of my favorite albums of all time. This album however, while being obviously a masterpiece, just totally faded into the background for me. It didn't capture my attention.
I'm not a fan of jazz, but this wasn't bad.
I actually listened to this twice as it's not a bad soundtrack for an hour on the Pelotón. I have had friends who are big jazz fans, but I'm not.
sorry Miles but they can't all be winners for me.
Not as big of a fan of the big band cool jazz stuff from Davis. Definitely more lyrical melodies, with more unison playing from a pair of horns, with counterpoint and harmony from some of the other. I don't like french horns. Overall feels more like a soundtrack to an old Disney movie than 'jazz'. It's not a challenging listen and makes for better background music or relaxing. The drum break on Move is cool though.
Jazz växer mer och mer på mig.
Album 1/1001 This sounded like sitting in my grandparents living room after a long day in the sun, nectarine juice dripping down my forearm.
An exuberant catapult through moments of dissonance and unpredictability, true musicianship. That being said, it is not necessarily an easy listen, rather an appreciative listen
whiskey nighta staring out the window while it rains vibe
Nice for a Saturday morning
Cool album to spin on vinyl and do some chores to. I enjoyed the arrangement of sounds.
Crazy to think this was the hottest shit in America at some point.
Decent album, but I wish there was more songs than instrumentals.
Uno de los mejores en su género.
Good instrumental - but it’s still basically elevator music. Not very enticing.
Good instrumental jazz album
It was okay
Pretty groovy
Iconisch wel, mooie smooth jazz
Didn’t realize this was compiled from multiple sessions. I know this is a big album but something about the recording just sounds harsh to me.
ya like jazz?
He's back! Well I have to say I enjoyed this more than anticipated and I guess this was more traditional jazz. I don't know think jazz will ever fully click with me, or a good portion of it, but this was fine
Nice jazz album, short form may be more accessible for general audience but would have been nice to have longer songs
Huch. Schon die 2te Platte, die auch in meiner Sammlung steht. Die ist älter als ich, heilige Scheisse. Ein knackiger Track nach dem anderen. Musik die meine Eltern gehört haben. Damals beim Budenzauber. Schön.
Jazz? Brabo o começo. Parece que tô em New Orleans!
nice lil instrumentals to play while working or something.
Enjoyed band and brass instruments with no lyrics.
All right. A little too jazzy
3.6 great. I like jazz now
I know Miles Davis is universally loved, jazz just isn't my thing.
BL: The Third (and I'm sure not the last) Miles album on this generator. As far as I'm aware this is one of his better releases but I love every release of Davis I've heard so far. AL: A very solid album. I prefer the longer 2 side suite records like "In a Silent Way" but this offered an excellent selection of more accessible jazz music for radio play. Still quintessential Davis. FT: "Jeru", "Budo", "Godchild", "Rouge" 3/5
As cool as yoghurt and about as inoffensive.
Not my favourite jazz album in this challenge, a bit ?basic?
I am sure it is a great album, but it's just not my cup of tea.
Impressive. Not what I normally like to have
Instrumental en grande partie. Bon comme musique de fond/d'ambiance.
Yeah, it's pretty cool alright. It's jazz though, so I kept forgetting it was on.
solid album
Not a huge fan of this kind of jazz
svalt
Smoooooth. Þetta rann vel í gegn. Vondur maðurmaður, sturlaður tónlistarmaður. Amk top 5 trompetleikarinn minn! 3.5
Ljúfur djass með ekki eins ljúfum manni. Nonet = 9 manna hljómsveit. :-)
Yes, It is cool. Confirmed
It’s just not my jam. Over the years I’ve tried to like jazz. I truly have. I understand the teamwork and musicianship to play jazz. It’s tremendously hard and takes great talent and skill. I simply cannot find a place where it works for me. I need something less intrusive for background music. I need something straightforward and upbeat when I’m moving my body. After the first few bars of the first song, my mind started to wander into creativity-much like Miles Davis. Was it the jazz? No. I do that all the time. The jazz got in the way more than it expanded my thoughts. I guess I can’t sit with the cool kids today.
This was really different, very experimental and i quite liked it. Between a 3 and a 4 for sure!
I like Birth Of The Cool but not my favorite Miles stuff, some nice tracks that sound more full with the nine piece performances yet for me I prefer the smaller ensembles to the nonet recordings
It wasn't easy listenning for me. But it was interesting and I liked some songs. In the end I prefered the Jazz mix Spotify produced at the end of the album.
Original writing didn't save. 1001 Albums to Hear Before You Die - Day 5 1. Move - 6.5 2. Jeru - 6.3 3. Moon Dreams - 6.5 4. Venus de Milo - 5.8 5. Budo - 6.0 6. Deception - 6.6 7. Godchild - 5.9 8. Boplicity - 6.2 9. Rocker - 5.4 10. Israel - 6.0 11. Rouge - 7.0 12. Darn That Dream - 7.6
Hyvää jazzia jos jazzia haluaa kuunnella. Vähän siitä teknisemmästä päästä. Vikan kappaleen laulu säikäytti, ei ollutkaan instrumentaalilevy
It's true, nothing was cool pre 1957
If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis.
He was so good at trumpet. Full album of jazz though, gets a little snoreful
C+ Move 3 Jeru 3 Moon Dreams 3 Venus De Milo 3 Budo 2 Deception 3 Godchild 3 Boplicity 3 Rocker 3 Israel 2 Rouge 2 Not bad, Jazz. Not bad...
Nice change of pace!
Maybe it’s the time of year but this sounded Christmas to me. I do enjoy jazz and Miles is one of the greats.
Geiler jazz.
Lässiger Jazz. 6.5/10
It's a well-known fact that Miles Davis is cool. Unfortuately for me, I'm not, and as a result jazz doesn't really do much for me. Nevertheless, you can tell this is quality stuff, even if it isn't something I'm particularly into.
Goofy music
I gave Kind of Blue a far too lower rating, for me this is straight 3 star Jazz. I think I prefer the Jazz that takes me on a journey, over the more cafey fast paced stuff that's on this. Not a bad listen by any stretch, has many moments of incredible instrumentation.
This album had a little less of the atmosphere and light And shade that wowed me on the other records I've heard from him. This isn't the kind of jazz that tickles me. That said, the playing is still incredible, can't fault it. Fave track: Moon Dreams
Pleasant enough to listen to on any individual song, and concise enough so that it doesn’t wear on you. But as a whole, there is little engaging about to album to me. Background music, not music I would showcase
Zeer smooth jazz album, maar toch wel een tikkeltje saai
Wel oke, beetje traag… niet helemaal voor in de mood
Didn’t love it, but I get it, he’s iconic.
I honestly still don't know if I like jazz. It's fine. Enjoyable enough, but it becomes a bit of a slog if I listen to too much.
Birth of the cool might be an apt name, but I don't think this is (even close to) Miles' best. Move, Jeru, Venus de Milo are all fine but have some formulaic elements to them. Fave track: Moon Dreams 2.7/5
3/5 I would have liked more character.
Great jazz album, just wished I liked jazz more.
Pretty chill, I think I prefer Louis Armstrong though, mostly for nostalgia. I do prefer a little bit of vocals in there along with the trumpet
Not for me. I understand why this would be influential and important to some people, however, I guess I don’t see what some people see in it, although I will admit the trumpet sounded really good.
Not bad. Smoother jazz which was pleasant to listen to. 3/5
I appreciate the musicianship and I get that this was the start of an era in jazz, however this does nothing for me. It would be pleasant as background music in a cafe. Darn That Dream with the vocal was by far my favourite and I thought Spotify had taken me onto a playlist which says a lot about my taste in jazz
Not quite the classic miles of Kind of Blue or the experimental On the Corner.
I am not that into jazz but I respect it and it definitely wasn't bad!
Great artist and music
Impressive instrumentation. Jazz is just mostly lost on me. It sounded ok but nothing spectacular to my ear.
Good album, immediately thought of old black and white films while listening to it.
Miles, always wonderful!
Not a huge jazz fan… rated it a 3 because I understand from a technical standpoint, this is a great album, so my rating is more of one out of respect for Miles Davis and his contribution to music. it’s just not my cup of tea.
this is tough because it has nostalgia tied to it. this was the favorite album of the teacher that got me into poetry. it is definitely a mood and vibe rolled into one
Jazz has a high floor, but a low curling. I’ve just as rarely heard jazz that I love and jazz that I’ve hated. It all sits right in the “kinda nice” zone, and this is no different.
Feels harsh to rate this a three, but compared to his later work I can’t rate it higher even if it is the foundation of all that.
Thought it was nice background music! Didn’t really move me in any way! Favorite song was godchild!
Obviously great music. I wish I knew how to enjoy.
It was ok. The instrumentals are always good from Miles Davis. The playing is great, but something just felt a bit annoying about this project. Maybe it was just a bit bland? Don’t know, it was ok.
Smooth vibes all around
Found this one to be much less offensive than Bitches Brew, though it did ultimately just blend into the background while I worked. As far as jazz albums go this was one of the better I've heard, it's just not the genre for me. Solid 3/5
Jazz, blissfully brief. Still not my style but better than many of the others I’ve had generated. I liked the final track with vocals (probably why I enjoyed it more) “Darn That Dream”
I think I have all the Miles Davis albums on here now, unless I'm forgetting one, which is very possible. There's nothing really new to say. I respect him, but it's not really my thing. It's a light three. I think my favourite song was Move.
Pleasant. Like a live recording of Mario Kart music.
Cool and upbeat very easy to listen too. One of the few times I listened to a jazz album. All of the songs blended together.
Ehh, jazz has never been my thing, but miles davis manages to change my opinion a bit.
Very good jazz album that I feel like could have done with a bit more oomph
At this point in time I appreciate the musicianship but I don't like jazz at all.
sämre version av kind of blue
Good but not my thing
Не ми се слушаше точно това сега, защото не обичам инструментали, но пък е много приятен джаз. Най-много ми хареса песента Darn That Dream, също и във варианта на Sarah Vaughan & Count Basie Orchestra. И се надявам бележките да не са публични :(
A truly pleasant album. Nothing more nothing less
Good background music. Awesome album name.
Noodly jazz meant for a reflective city day
I’m sorry don’t hate me. I think I only like slow jazz
Decent album. Nothing really groundbreaking but a nice listening still. Perfect to listen to while walking at night
Groovy, not really my style but still enjoyed it. It was ok. (72%)
truly is Cool Jazz which unfortunately isn't the most interesting music to me, but i mean. it is jazz. if you like some Cool Jazz then yeah miles davis has you covered but i like his fusion stuff much more
It was a fine album, but felt like background music. I was busy, so will need to give this another listen
Jazz is jazz
Familiar with the album. Not typically my choice for daily listening. Solid album, but not my favorite Miles Davis album.
is good but nothing near the miles Davis greats
I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated by others, but not my cup of tea. Too disharmonious for my untrained ears.
Listened to most of it. Not my favorite Miles Davis album and I just don’t think it compares to his best.
all songs are instrumentals but I don't mind this style of music 1. Move - it had a quick feel to it 2. Jeru - this one is a little slower 3. Moon Dreams - this one reminds me of a move, cinematic feel and ominous feel 4. Venus de Milo - this one was a little more upbeat and happier 5. Budo - even faster, feels fun and frantic 6. Deception - i like the name of this one it feels like it fits the music 7. Godchild - didn't have many thoughts 8. Boplicity - 9. Rocker - 10. Israel - 11. Rouge - honestly, jazz is ok in small doses but for me a whole album gets a little boring
This is a conversation in a language I don’t know, but it sounds pretty chirpy, and I let it play three times. I tend to prefer jazz stuff that’s less on the rails.
Pleasant enough I suppose, didn't really blow me away but also was completely inoffensive.
Iha jees!
Good bebop
2.5, just music you do a task or homework with or something.
Solid listen
Like MD but prefer the loosed extended jams where keyboards and guitar became integral to the sound....this is solid though.
3/5 Best: Boplicity Worst: Deception
Not a huge Jazz fan but I liked this album.
I enjoyed the album and 50s era Jazz in general. Didn't realize this was a compilation record. Repetitive in spots
Cool jazz.Correcto.
I didn’t really have strong feelings about this. I feel like 2 is a bit harsh but this is definitely somewhere between a 2 and 3.
Thanks for inventing cool Mr. Miles
- Great background jazz - Makes me feel like I'm playing Fallout
- very talented trumpeter - not something I’d listen to often but good vibes
Aujourd'hui j'ai découvert la polyphonie et c'est beau. Du cool jazzy. De la bonne petite musique de cabaret avec plein de boucane dans place. Pas plate, mais au final, c'est pas mon first pick musical, quoique plus d'entrain que le 1er j'ai écouté.
I can appreciate it but
In 1957, Miles Davis invented cool. We were all better off for it. It's jazz! It sure is jazz. It's not Miles at his full potential, that's also for sure. It's... a compilation, too. Gross. I get wanting early Miles, but you could do so, so, so much better in capturing his early-1950s sound. Goes down easy, though. Wait, was this only included because it appeared on The Simpsons? Was Lisa Simpson part of the selection team? An inconsistently consistent 3/5.
This is a style of jazz I can get behind. The arrangements are…well they exist for one thing. The different instruments play melodies in unison. A welcome change from much of the other jazz we’ve heard.
3.4 kewl faves: move, moon dreams
Many miles to go.
sure, but it had some growing up to do
I'm not a big fan of freeform jazz, but Davis makes it palatable.
Pretty cool funky jazz stuff. Not anything I would regularly listen to.
Calming and classic
3.5
Jazz, not my style
It’s fine. It’s not my jam. I bet jazz people frickin adore it.
Another “classic for a reason”. But not the Miles I’m really in to.
Not fair to rate in any objective way as it’s not a form of music I take to.
a 1949 compilation, not his best in my opinion
Cool Album. The tone reminds me of David Bowie I like a lot if the songs. Favourite could be Mask?
Great to listen to a Miles Davis album that's not either Kind of Blue or Sketches of Spain! Don't think I'd heard this one, besides maybe Boplicity for some jazz combo I was in a long time ago. Miles' playing is awesome as usual, but always what I like the most about his music is the arrangements and compositions. There's an interesting angularity and modal sound to Miles Davis' lines; even before he recorded Kind of Blue you can hear the jagged 4thsy shapes of the horn parts start to assume their nascent forms. Really heard it on Moon Dreams. Great lines where the top note stays floating above the inner voices as they split off, outlining unexpected chord extensions and coming in and out of abstract pad textures, suddenly finding purchase on a musical landing pad that you didn't see until you were right on it. I feel like this album sits right between Miles' bebop roots and the modal, cloudy dark blue sound that came to define not only him but jazz as a whole from the 1960s onwards. Pretty enjoyable listen, with a few moments that really grabbed my attention because of the horn arrangements and harmony.
Miles, let’s go! I’m not nearly literate enough in Jazz to know what it is I’m hearing here, but to me it sounds free-wheeling, really tight horn parts, an extremely accomplished band that’s clearly played a lot together. This is not Kind of Blue, which I now grok, and it’s not Sketches of Spain, which is an unqualified masterpiece and a sleeper hit for me personally. I’m definitely gonna put this on more and see if I can get deeper into it. Good album, great morning listen, 3/5
Groovy and bouncey. Bass and drums really keep things moving. Solid background music
It’s smooth I’ll give it that, but I’m no Howard Moon and this overall does so little for me
Very cool, very jazz
Very harmonizing band with a virtuoso Miles. However, many pieces are too traditional to be really "cool". Some pearls like "Moon Dreams" and "Godchild" make the album stand out, though. It's just a pity that the recording technology wasn't better back then.
Just a full album of ambient jazz. Not bad but not really my thing Saved tracks: Jeru, Rouge
I wanted to really dig this album, but it fell flat for me. The recording was not as dynamic as I would have liked. 3/5
It was ok ,
I always find it tricky to review jazz - improvisation plays an important role, and so jazz albums don't really do the music justice. This album was pretty fine, but I would say that I liked it - I was on a Thelonious Monk album before I knew it, and I preferred that. Made me stop and check the track name. Thelonious made me stop and check the track name.
While I can appreciate Jazz I'm just not that into the genre. I found this to be interesting and "cool" but it was basically just background music. Maybe I'd have enjoyed it more if I really concentrated on it. The 12 tracks flyby so I could easily listen to it again.
Great to listen to in the background and Spotify had taken me onto more jazz without me realising. However, jazz isn't really my thing. Might go be back for something to listen to while working I can appreciate that it's probably pretty good
Masterful but I really dont like jazz.
no amo tanto este tipo d música
Pretty basic cool jazz, but Miles has that ability to garner great talent and have them perform at a high level. That’s what this record is. Top notch playing. Just not extremely interesting.
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Compilatiealbum van de Amerikaanse jazzmuzikant Miles Davis en zijn nonet. Tracklist bestaat uit veelal reeds bekende jazznummers in een nieuw jasje, de "cool". Redelijk toegankelijke jazz doch vooral voor de liefhebber. leukste nummer: Rouge "Birth Of The Cool" was vrij letterlijk de "birth of the cool": het leidde tot de post-bebop stroming binnen het jazzgenre, ook wel cool jazz genoemd.
I liked it better then Bitch's brew. Better then most of the jazz albums we've listened to.
This is one of the higher jazz ratings I think I'll give. I liked some of it, I enjoyed the in and out of the song length, and I liked the nostalgia that it brought of listening to this with my grandfather. All that said, I can't ever see putting it on again for no reason.
The album is no doubt a jazz album and while listening it gives a busy cafe in Europe vibes. The album have a variety of songs that change the tempo and mood but in the end sound similar due to the use of same instruments throughout the album. Nothing spectacular to listen to the album for the music but would be great when you want to create a mood in a restaurant, cafe or a bar.
Very early stuff. Sounds like a lot of other people of the era.
It's Miles Davis. What's not to like? While not one of his best, it's still fairly enjoyable.
I'm very clever I like jazz man
Smooth as silk
i never feel as though i’m truly appreciating jazz
Pas mon préféré de lui, je préfère son style plus doux, c'était un peu trop upbeat pour mon goût. Quand même du très bon jazz.
Not as transformative as Kind of Blue even though it was - quite literally - the birth of cool jazz. I appreciated the effortless hand-offs within the nonet. And that’s the first time that phrase has been uttered in the English language.
This is pretty standard Miles. Almost like as if it his 5th best album. Still smooth and cool listening.
Not a difficult listen, mostly very melodic and swinging. Still not really what I'm into but I appreciate the craft. WELCOME SUKI
For some reason I'm reminded of Looney Tunes. I liked Boplicity and Rocker lot. The last song was... off-putting.
Pretty good album. Wish it had some singing. 3/4/23
Jazz
Good, but not gonna be something I listen to regularly
Starts of very dance night at the us army officer's club with some pretty dames with swell gams, it's a step up from boogie woogie bugle boy from company B but doesn't have the same feel to Davis's later works. Then a few songs in it smooths out and we hear some good tracks with Moon Dream and Venus de Milo, nothing amazing but a nice listen.
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
Finally, a Miles Davis album that is much more accessible than "Bitches Brew", although that is not a particularly a high bar to cross. "Birth of the Cool" reminded me of all the 80s and 90s sitcoms, with jazz intros or jingles in-between the scenes. Something that is not too distracting, but entertaining, classy and with some (a little) spice to it. It's probably blasphemous for real jazz fans, but I felt like sitting in a hotel lounge when listening to this album - relaxing, easy to follow, smooth. And that is what I think - it was a pretty nice listening session, track after track were flowing, nothing really caught my attention, for the better or worse. Perfect record for a chilled dinner with partner or friends.
Miles Davis has always been one step ahead of everyone else. I like his influence, but I don't like his music as much. Newer music wouldn't be the same without him. I only know a couple of his records. I hadn't heard this one before. I like it better than the newer ones I know. Favorite song: Venus de Milo.
I mean it’s fine.It’s just trumpet jazz music.It’s pretty sounding but pretty boring.Nothing super grabbing.it’s ok.
I'm not sure how arsed I am about this kind of Jazz. I know I really liked Kind of Blue, bounced off Bitches Brew when I tried them both 10-15 years ago, but I didn't go to this. Be interested to see how I react to Brew with several years more musical maturity. Anyway, this is enjoyable but I'm not really picking up enough variation to keep me massively interested.
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