Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool - SACD - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue [SUPER-AUDIO CD] Hybrid SACD, Orig Master Rec date 07/10/2015

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Miles Davis's birth in 2026, the Centennial Miles Davis SACD Selection brings together 3 titles as hybrid SACD editions, each featuring newly remastered audio prepared by renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray for Blue Note's acclaimed Tone Poet and Classic Vinyl reissue series, and marking the first time these remastered sources have been released on SACD.

The Link Between 'Round About Midnight and Kind of Blue Milestones Is the Only Album Featuring Miles Davis' Original Sextet with John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, and MoreSourced from the Original Master Tapes Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Presents the 1958 Record in Definitive StereoBolstered by the 'Philly Lick' Rim Shot, Record's Title Track - Originally Called 'Miles' - Is Considered Ground Zero for ModalismMiles Davis created just one studio album with his original sextet Milestones. And he made every moment count. Pairing with Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, Davis not only laid the groundwork for the modalism that immediately followed but tailored a genuine modern-jazz masterwork laden with performances among the most explosive of his distinguished career. Sandwiched between the more famous 'Round About Midnight and the epochal Kind of Blue, Milestones remains a seminal work of art.Sourced from the original master tapes and housed in mini-LP gatefold sleeve packaging, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition hybrid SACD grants each musician their own space amid broad soundstages. Colors, shapes, and dimensions appear in the manner that resembles what you'd glean from behind a studio control room's window. Davis' burnished trumpet is rendered in three-dimensional perspective and seemingly coaxes the band to play with unburdened zest. Coltrane's trademark saxophone teems with lifelike tonality and images with specificity; his solos work in tandem with and against the driving rhythms. Garland's swaggering piano lines? Visualize the keys as he hits full stride, the chords and fills slithering around skeletal frameworks.Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and selected as a 'Core Collection' record by the Penguin Guide to Jazz, Milestones is as famous for it's title track - widely considered groun