The Phil Shotton ‘Kind of Cool’ Nonet play live the entire iconic ‘Birth of the Cool’ album!
Friday 22nd march 2024 Doors and bar open at 7pm & the show starts at 7.30pm
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 nonet for the label over the course of
three sessions during 1949 and 1950.
Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of
innovative arrangements influenced by classical orchestral music techniques such as polyphony,
and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title suggests, these recordings are
considered seminal in the history of cool jazz.