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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.
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.
In 1957, after the release of Birth of the Cool, Down Beat magazine wrote that the album “[influenced] deeply one important direction of modern chamber jazz.” Several tunes from the album, have gone on to become Jazz Standards played by all sizes of ensembles.
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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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