NSPC: Milvis Birth of the Cool

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
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  • Registration will close on August 7, 2025 @ 1:45pm.

Event Details

The1959 Miles Davis album Kind of Blue is the most successful jazz recording of all time. Featuring John Coltrane on saxophone, Miles Davis on trumpet, bell Evens  on piano and Jimmy Cobb on drums the album achieved 5x platinum status. This program features music from Miles Davis Classic recordings Birth of the Cool, Porgy and Bess, Sketches of Spain, Kind of Blue and more. Davis turbulent personal life included multiple periods of heroin addiction, pimping, a series of unsuccessful marriages and criticism of his work during the electric period.

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