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Birth Of The Cool. (Scores from the Original Parts). By Miles Davis. For Drums, Piano, Saxophone, Trumpet. Hal Leonard Transcribed Scores. Jazz. Difficulty: medium. Full score (multiple copies needed for performance). Full score notation and introductory text. 168 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.672452).

ISBN 0634006827. With full score notation and introductory text. Jazz. 9x12 inches.

In preparation for over two years, this landmark publication presents the music of the Miles Davis Nonet in concert score format, restored from as many of the original composer/arrangers' autograph parts as still exist. Includes an extensive introduction, notes on the restoration process, bios of the composers and arrangers, and note-for-note transcriptions of these classic jazz tunes.

About Hal Leonard Transcribed Scores

Transcribed Scores are vocal and instrumental arrangements of music from some of the greatest groups in music. These excellent publications feature transcribed parts for lead vocals, backup vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, drums, and all of the various instruments used in each specific recording session. All songs are arranged exactly the way the artists recorded them.

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July 12, 2012

Birth Of The Cool

Fantastic to read the sheet music of this ground-breaking Miles Davis/Mulligan session. The score includes the parts of each instrument, therefore the album is not meant for solo pianists. But anyone who wants to really enjoy the Birth Of The Cool pieces, or wants to get better acquainted with them,...

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Location: from London, England

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October 29, 2011

Buy this!

This was better than I had expected it could ever be. Beautifully typeset, it has all the parts on individual staves, and the original solos from the recording in cue-note sized notes. As if that wasn't enough, "Joost at the Roost" is also included, which was not issued on disc....

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Location: from SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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July 12, 2007

Jazz History Preserved

The documentation of these historical jazz scores means that students of jazz can study, relive and replay, an important limb to the jazz tree - an outgrowth of Be-Bop. The transition from Swing to Be-Bop, during the post-war years and into the 1950's marks an critical period for the modern...

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