Cool jazz is a subgenre of jazz music that emerged in the 1950s as a reaction to the fast-paced, complex sound of bebop. This video briefly explores the origins of cool jazz, its characteristics, and its impact on the jazz world.
Yea Miles started it with the Birth of Cool that was actually recorded in 1949-1950, but was released seven years later. Getz, Baker and Mulligan took it over as Miles went some place else. It's sort of like the same thing with jazz fusion. Zawinul, Shorter, Mclaughlin, Corea and Hancock would take fusion some place else after In a Silent Way/Bitches Brew sessions.
