50 great moments in jazz: Birth of the Cool

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Emerging from the shadow of his hero Charlie Parker, Miles Davis rejected the aggressive tempo of bebop to pioneer a smoother style that became a landmark in jazz evolution Cool-headed ... Miles Davis circa 1950.

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