MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL - MUSIC FROM AN INSPIRED FILM

2020 collection, the definitive audio companion to the critically-acclaimed new documentary directed and produced by Stanley Nelson. The soundtrack is an essential Miles Davis playlist for seasoned fans and new listeners alike, lovingly curated by the director and paired with short audio excerpts from the film for a unique listening experience. It brings together recordings and performances spanning labels and the artist's musical evolution-from "Donna Lee" to "Moon Dreams" from the groundbreaking 1949 Capitol sessions that were ultimately collected on the album Birth Of The Cool, through the seminal 1950s pieces for Columbia that revolutionized the worlds of jazz and popular music. The album also highlights Miles's evolution in the 1960s with tracks from Sketches of Spain and Someday My Prince Will Come to his iconoclastic invention of electric jazz/fusion. Finally, it documents his triumphant mid 1980s comeback, while premiering a brand-new track, "Hail To The Real Chief." The new track features unreleased Miles Davis studio trumpet performances combined with music written by Lenny White, produced by White and Vince Wilburn, Jr and featuring an all-star collection of Miles band alumni and acolytes including White, Wilburn, Marcus Miller, Emilio Modeste, Jeremy Pelt, Antoine Roney, John Scofield, Bernard Wright, and Quinton Zoto.

1 Commentary: Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath
2 Milestones
3 Commentary: Greg Tate
4 Donna Lee
5 Commentary: Ashley Kahn, Symphony Sid Introduction
6 Moon Dreams
7 Commentary: George Wein
8 'Round Midnight
9 Commentary: Carlos Santana
10 It Never Entered My Mind
11 Commentary: Vincent Bessieres
12 Générique (Mono Version)
13 Commentary: Jimmy Cobb
14 So What
15 Commentary: Gil Evans
16 New Rhumba (Album Version)
17 Commentary: Frances Taylor Davis
18 The Pan Piper
19 Commentary: Jack Chambers
20 Someday My Prince Will Come
21 Commentary: Wayne Shorter
22 Footprints
23 Commentary: Carlos Santana, Quincy Troupe
24 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (45-RPM Single Edit)
25 Commentary: Marcus Miller
26 Tutu
27 Commentary: Erin Davis
28 Hail to the Real Chief