Kind of the Cool – The Phil Shotton Nonet play Miles Davis

The Phil Shotton ‘Kind of Cool’ Nonet play live the entire iconic ‘Birth of the Cool’ album! A rare and exciting opportunity to hear one of the most important and influential albums in jazz performed live, with the original instrumentation and arrangements, by some of the finest jazz musicians in the North of England. Phil Shotton – Baritone Saxophone & Bandleader John Padfield – Alto Saxophone Owen Bryce – Trumpet Mike Monument – French Horn Matthew Horner – Trombone Adam Dutch – Tuba Tom Sykes – Piano Matt Lawton – Double Bass Andrew Bold – Drums Birth of the Cool was the most important stylistic step to follow after bebop – generating an entirely new wave of playing that influenced a new generation in the early 1950s. This compilation album by American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis, released in February 1957 by Capitol Records compiled eleven tracks recorded by Davis’s non