Playlist
Best of Cool Jazz
Apple Music Jazz
Tracks: 1575:41
Take five for the birth of the cool.
Updated Apr 11, 2015
Tracks 15
- 1Birth of the Cool3:12
- 2Ken Burns Jazz - The Story of America's Music5:22
- 3Chet Baker Sextet3:55
- 4Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds3:24
- 5I Wish I Knew5:54
- 6Milestones of Legends: The Prestige of Jazz, Vol. 27:06
- 7Lee Konitz Quintet / Lennie Tristano Quintet4:07
- 8New Concepts of Artistry In Rhythm3:20
- 9Lennie Tristano / The New Tristano5:45
- 10What Is There to Say?6:13
- 11Vince Guaraldi Trio4:16
- 12Cool Imagination5:39
- 13Out of the Cool5:12
- 14The October Suite6:19
- 15The Teddy Charles Tentet5:50
About this playlist
Cool jazz began in the late ‘40s when innovators like Miles Davis and Woody Herman moved away from the frenetic complexity of bebop. Favouring a more subtle and melodic sound, pioneers including Gerry Mulligan and Lee Konitz launched a quiet revolution with relaxed tempos and harmonically rich melodies that attracted listeners who didn't dig the avant-garde directions other jazz forms were taking.