Birth Of The Cool

Tracklist

A1	Move	2:32
A2	Jeru	3:10
A3	Moon Dreams	3:17
A4	Venus De Milo	3:10
A5	Budo	2:32
A6	Deception	2:45
B1	Godchild	3:07
B2	Boplicity	2:59
B3	Rocker	3:03
B4	Israel	2:15
B5	Rouge	3:13

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
• Baritone Saxophone – Gerry Mulligan
• Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: A3, A6, B3), Joe Shulman (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1), Nelson Boyd (tracks: A4, B2, B4, B5)
• Drums – Kenny Clarke (tracks: A4, B2, B4, B5), Max Roach (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)
• French Horn – Junior Collins* (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1), Gunther Schuller (tracks: A3, A6, B3), Sandy Siegelstein (tracks: A4, B2, B4, B5)
• Liner Notes – Dr. Schulz-Köhn*
• Piano – Al Haig (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2), John Lewis (tracks: A4, B2, B4, B5)
• Producer – Walter Rivers
• Trombone – J.J. Johnson (tracks: A3, A4, A6, B2, B3, B4, B5), Kai Winding (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1)
• Trumpet – Miles Davis
• Tuba – Bill Barber (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B1, B3)

Notes

1, 2, 5, 7 recorded January 21 1949.
4, 8, 10, 11 recorded April 22 1949.
3, 6, 9, 12 recorded March 9 1950.
German rerelease with new liner notes and a new album cover

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
T-762	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records	T-762	US	1956
JW 77031	Miles Davis	Moon Dreams ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Jazz World	JW 77031	Europe	1988
144489.1151.014	Miles Davis	The Birth Of The Cool ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Red)	Motivator Company Classics Catalog	144489.1151.014	Europe	2016
CDP 7 92862 2	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Capitol Jazz	CDP 7 92862 2	UK	1989
CDP 592862	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool ‎(CD, Album, RE, Club)	Capitol Jazz	CDP 592862	US	1989