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More than any other Jazz musician, Miles Davis personified the modern jazz artist during the last 35 years of his career. During the second half of the 1950s, Miles Davis became the dominant figure in jazz. He set the tone in style and attitude for a couple of generations, an icon of the hip.

The first years of Miles' recording career are traced on these 82 sides. From classic encounters with Charlie Parker, the immortal "Birth Of The Cool" sessions, to spirited live dates and the lovely sessions with Sarah Vaughan.

Track Listing:
CD 1: Milestones
1. BILLIE'S BOUNCE (Parker) 1945
2. NOW'S THE TIME (Parker) 1945
3. THRIVING ON A RIFF (Parker) 1945
4. YARDBIRD SUITE (Parker) 1946
5. NIGHT IN TUNISIA (Gillespie, Paparelli) 1946
6. OO BOP SH'BAM (Gillespie, Fuller) 1946
7. FOR EUROPEANS ONLY (Dameron,Jacquet) 1947
8. DONNA LEE (Davis) 1947
9. CHASIN' THE BIRD (Parker) 1947
10. CHERYL (Parker) 1947
11. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (Kern, Fields) 1947
12. MILESTONES (Davis) 1947
13. LITTLE WILLIE LEAPS (Davis) 1947
14. HALF NELSON (Davis) 1947
15. SIPPIN' AT BELLS (Davis) 1947
16. BIRD OF PARADISE (Parker) 1947
17. MY OLD FLAME (Johnston, Coslow) 1947
18. OUT OF NOWHERE (Green,Heyman) 1947
19. DON'T BLAME ME (Fields, McHugh) 1947
20. CRAZEOLOGY (Harris) 1947
21. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN (Berlin) 1947
22. ANOTHER HAIR-DO (Parker) 1947
23. KLAUNSTANCE (Parker) 1947
24. BIRD GETS THE WORM (Parker) 1947

CD 2: Enter The Cool
1. BIRTH OF THE COOL THEME (Evans) 1948
2. SYMPHONY SID ANNOUNCES THE BAND
3. MOVE (Best) 1948
4. WHY DO I LOVE YOU? (Kern,Hammerstein) 1948
5. GODCHILD (Wallington) 1948
6. SYMPHONY SID INTRODUCTION
7. S'IL VOUS PLAIT (McIntyre, Maurant) 1948
8. MOON DREAMS (MacGregor, Mercer) 1948
9. BUDO (INCOMPLETE) (Powell, Davis) 1948
10. DARN THAT DREAM (VanHeusen, De Lange) 1948
11. MOVE (Best) 1948
12. MOON DREAMS (MacGregor, Mercer) 1948
13. BUDO (Powell, Davis) 1948
14. STEEPLE CHASE (Parker) 1948
15. MERRY-GO-ROUND (Parker) 1948
16. 52ND STREE THEME (Monk) 1948
17. HALF NELSON (Davis) 1948
18. YOU GO TO MY HEAD (Gillespie, Coots) 1948
19. CHASIN' THE BIRD (Parker) 1948
20. OVERTIME (Rugolo) 1949

CD 3: Boplicity
1. VICTORY BALL (Tristano, Bauer, Parker) 1949
2. JERU (Mulligan) 1949
3. MOVE (Best) 1949
4. GODCHILD (Wallington) 1949
5. BUDO (Powell, Davis) 1949
6. GOOD BAIT (Dameron,Basie) 1949
7. FOCUS (Dameron) 1949
8. APRIL IN PARIS (Duke) 1949
9. WEBB'S DELIGHT (Dameron) 1949
10. MILANO (MILES) (Lewis) 1949
11. CASBAH (Dameron) 1949
12. VENUS DE MILO (Mulligan) 1949
13. ROUGE (Lewis) 1949
14. BOPLICITY (Henry) 1949
15. ISRAEL (Carise) 1949
16. RIFFTIDE (Hawkins) 1949
17. GOOD BAIT (Dameron, Basie) 1949
18. WAHOO (Friend) 1949
19. DON'T BLAME ME (Fields, McHugh) 1949
20. LADYBIRD (Dameron) 1949
21. ALLEN'S ALLEY (Best) 1949

CD 4: Conception
1. EMBRACEABLE YOU (Gershwin, Gershwin) 1949
2. ORNITHOLOGY (Parker, Harris) 1949
3. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (Kern, Hammerstein) 1949
4. HOT HOUSE (Dameron) 1949
5. ORNITHOLOGY (INCOMPLETE) (Parker, Harris) 1949
6. CONCEPTION (Shearing) 1950
7. RAY'S IDEA (Brown, Fuller) 1959
8. DECEPTION (Davis) 1950
9. ROCKER (Mulligan) 1950
10. MOON DREAMS (McGregor, Mercer) 1950
11. DARN THAT DREAM (Van Heusen, De Lange) 1950
12. AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (Razaf, Waller, Brooks) 1950
13. GOODNIGHT MY LOVE (Gordon, Revel) 1950
14. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING (Rodgers, Hammerstein) 1950
15. MEAN TO ME (Turk Ahlert) 1950
16. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (Gershwin, Gershwin) 1950
17. WEE (Davis) 1950