31. Birth of the Cool (1956) - Miles Davis 85/100. "If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis." Now that I got my obligatory Billy Madison quote out of the way, first time listen for me. Overall, I am new to jazz. I have listened to some jam bands take their own stab at it but haven't sat down with an album like Miles Davis. I did already listen to Machito's Kenya and it was interesting to hear the difference between Latin jazz and Miles Davis. This had more of a sitting in a nice restaurant bar vibe as opposed to Machito who had more of a Carribean thing going on. Anyway, to the album itself, I thought it was great. Again, not being a musician myself, there are many an intricacy that I am sure is wasted on me but overall the playing was cool, some fantastically talented musicians worked on this. Not necessarily an everyday listen for me but I could see myself in a mood to give this another listen. Good mood music when you sit and program all day. Listened - 11/30/10
Favorite Tracks: Move, Moon Dreams
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