Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded April 22

Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by the American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis. It was released in February or March 1957 on Capitol Records. It compiles eleven tracks recorded by Davis's nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950.

Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of innovative arrangements influenced by Afro-American music and classical music techniques, and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title suggests, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz. Most of them were originally released in the 10-inch 78-rpm format and are all approximately three minutes long.

TrackList: 1.Move 2.Jeru 3.Moon Dreams 4.Venus de Milo 5.Budo 6.Godchild 7.Boplicity 8.Israel 9.Deception 10.Rocker 11.Rouge

Personnel

Miles Davis – trumpet
J. J. Johnson – trombone all tracks except as below
Kai Winding – trombone on "Move," "Jeru," "Budo," and "Godchild"
Mike Zwerin – trombone on Royal Roost recordings
Junior Collins – French horn on "Move," "Jeru," "Budo," "Godchild," and Royal Roost recordings
Sandy Siegelstein – French horn on "Venus de Milo," "Boplicity," "Israel," and "Rouge"
Gunther Schuller – French horn on "Moon Dreams," "Deception," "Rocker," and "Darn That Dream"
Bill Barber – tuba
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
Al Haig – piano on "Move," "Jeru," "Budo," and "Godchild"
John Lewis – piano on "Venus de Milo," "Boplicity," "Israel," "Rouge," and Royal Roost recordings
Joe Shulman – bass on "Move," "Jeru," "Budo," and "Godchild"
Nelson Boyd – bass on "Venus de Milo," "Boplicity," "Israel," and "Rouge"
Al McKibbon – bass on "Moon Dreams," "Deception," "Rocker," "Darn That Dream," and Royal Roost recordings
Max Roach – drums all tracks except as below
Kenny Clarke – drums on "Venus de Milo," "Boplicity," "Israel," and "Rouge"
Kenny Hagood – vocals on "Darn That Dream" and "Why Do I Love You?"

Curtis Counce - You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce! (1957)

You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce! (later released as Councelation) is an album by American jazz bassist Curtis Counce recorded in 1956 and 1957 and released on the Contemporary label.

Personnel

Curtis Counce - bass
Jack Sheldon - trumpet
Harold Land - tenor saxophone
Carl Perkins - piano
Frank Butler - drums

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)

Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released on August 17, 1959, by Columbia Records. For this album, Davis led a sextet featuring saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb, with new band pianist Wynton Kelly replacing Evans on "Freddie Freeloader". The album was recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City in two sessions on March 2 and April 22, 1959.

Influenced in part by Evans, who had been a member of the ensemble in 1958 and was called back for this album, Davis departed further from his early hard bop style in favor of greater experimentation with musical modes. As on the title track of his previous album, Milestones. (1958). Basing Kind of Blue entirely on modality, Davis gave each performer a set of scales that encompassed the parameters of their improvisation and style and consequently more creative freedom with melodies; Coltrane later expanded on this modal approach in his own solo career.

Kind of Blue is regarded by many critics as Davis's masterpiece, the greatest jazz album ever recorded, and one of the greatest albums of all time. Its impact on music, including jazz, rock, and classical music, has led writers to also deem it one of the most influential albums ever made. The album was one of fifty recordings chosen in 2002 by the Library of Congress for the inaugural year of the National Recording Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2003, it was ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", repositioned to number 31 in the 2020 revision. In 2019, Kind of Blue was certified 5× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of at least five million copies in the United States.

Track listing
Original release
Side one

1. "So What" Miles Davis 9:22
2. "Freddie Freeloader" Davis 9:46
3. "Blue in Green" Davis, Bill Evans 5:27
   Total length: 24:35
   Side two
4. "All Blues" Davis 11:33
5. "Flamenco Sketches" Davis, Evans 9:26
   Total length: 20:59 45:34

Personnel

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Julian "Cannonball" Adderley – alto saxophone except on "Blue in Green" and live version of "So What"
• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
• Bill Evans – piano except on "Freddie Freeloader" and live version of "So What"
• Wynton Kelly – piano on "Freddie Freeloader" and live version of "So What"
• Paul Chambers – double bass
• Jimmy Cobb – drums
• Fred Plaut – recording engineer (not credited on liner notes)

Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1 & 2 (1971)

Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 is a studio album (and first solo piano album) by American jazz pianist Chick Corea, recorded over two days in April 1971 and released on ECM later that year. The session also produced Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972), released the following year.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chick Corea, except as noted.
Side INo. Title Writer(s) Length

1. "Noon Song" 4:00
2. "Song for Sally" 3:45
3. "Ballad for Anna" 2:25
4. "Song of the Wind" 3:10
5. "Sometime Ago" Chick CoreaNeville Potter 8:20
   Total length: 21:40
   Side II: Where Are You Now? – A Suite of Eight PicturesNo. Title Length
6. "Picture 1" 4:53
7. "Picture 2" 2:03
8. "Picture 3" 2:30
9. "Picture 4" 2:40
10. "Picture 5" 0:32
11. "Picture 6" 3:55
12. "Picture 7" 1:55
13. "Picture 8" 1:35
    Total length: 20:03 41:43
    Personnel Chick Corea – piano

Greg Osby - Inner Circle (1999)

Greg Osby (born August 3, 1960) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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