Birth of The Cool
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 | Product Details: Release Date: 08 January 2001 Record Label: Capitol Jazz Rating:   Sales Rank: 385 | | Look for similar items by category:
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| | Customer Reviews: Caution (15 July 2007)I own several of MD's album - my personal favourite being Sketches of Spain. This album, which is rather dull, I made the mistake of buying on the basis of the track Rocker on a compilation. It's dificult to describe, but to me the sound is too undifferenciated to let the melodies and tune speak. It is an ambient album. Pleasant, but doesn't set the blood racing. Instead, buy in A Silent Way, Sketches... or Kind of Blue.....Or better yet by the Best of Blue Note Comp' - not a duff track on it Not many better starts to jazz than this (26 November 2004)If you're new to jazz, you can easily be swayed away from the genre by stuff that sounds like a tray of dropped cutlery. This, however, is a sheer joy to listen to - whether dipping a tentative toe into the ocean that is jazz, or if your beard smells of real ale and your favourite chords are augumented thirteenths. The remarkable consensus amongst critics that this is one of the finest jazz albums made goes to show how strong it is. It is a major achievement that even jazz critics can't be snobbish about this - a groundbreaking record made in 1949 that still sounds fresh. Buy - you will not be disappointed. And if you liked this one, check out Gerry Mulligan's "Rebirth of cool" |
