Revenge of the Cool

SSC1586 2020-05-22

Track List

Ghosts of Gainsborough Street - 5:14
The Isles of Langerhans - 10:15
At the Brink - 4:45
Boundless Love - 4:20
Uncle Chip - 7:00
Certainty for Uncertainty - 6:48
Genesis - 9:16
The Human Condition - 4:37

Musicians

Bobby Spellman - trumpet
Emily Pecoraro - alto saxophone
David Leon - alto saxophone
Tyler Burchfield - baritone saxophone
Kyra Sims - french horn
Justin Mullen - french horn
Tim Shneier - trombone
Ben Stapp - tuba
Ben Schwendener - piano
Eli Wallace - piano
Andrew Schiller - bass
Evan Hyde - drums

Miles Davis’s Birth of The Cool sessions, were recorded in 1949 and 1950 and released in 1957. More than fifty years later, when young trumpeter Bobby Spellman purchased a CD of these recordings, he became enchanted with the music. Spellman’s fascination with these performances led him to chase that same spirit for his own collection of nonet recordings, Revenge of the Cool