Track listing
Arrangements by the composer unless otherwise noted.
1. "Move" (Denzil Best, arranged by John Lewis) – 2:32
2. "Jeru" (Gerry Mulligan) – 3:10
3. "Moon Dreams" (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer, arranged by Gil Evans) – 3:17
4. "Venus de Milo" (Mulligan) – 3:10
5. "Budo" (Miles Davis, Bud Powell, arranged by Lewis) – 2:32
6. "Deception" (Davis, arranged by Mulligan) – 2:45
7. "Godchild" (George Wallington, arranged by Mulligan) – 3:07
8. "Boplicity" (Cleo Henry, i.e. Davis and Gil Evans, arranged by Evans) – 2:59
9. "Rocker" (Mulligan) – 3:03
10. "Israel" (Johnny Carisi) – 2:15
11. "Rouge" (John Lewis) – 3:13
12. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, James Van Heusen, arranged by Mulligan) – 3:26
[edit] Recording dates
* Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7 – 21 January 1949
* Tracks 4, 8, 10, 11 – 22 April 1949
* Tracks 3, 6, 9, 12 – 9 March 1950
Recorded at WOR Studios, New York, New York.
Recordings exist of radio shows broadcast from the Royal Roost in 1948: "Birth of the Cool Theme" (Gil Evans), "Move", "Why Do I Love You?" (DeSylva, Gershwin and Gershwin, vocals by Hagood), "Godchild", "S'il Vous Plait" (John Lewis), "Moon Dreams" and "Budo", recorded on 4 September; and "Darn That Dream" (vocals by Hagood), "Move", "Moon Dreams" and "Budo" recorded on 18 September.
[edit] Personnel
* Miles Davis – trumpet (all)
* Kai Winding – trombone (January 1949)
* J. J. Johnson – trombone (April 1949, March 1950)
* Junior Collins – French horn (January 1949)
* Sandy Siegelstein – French horn (April 1949)
* Gunther Schuller – French horn (March 1950)
* Bill Barber – tuba (all)
* Lee Konitz – alto saxophone (all)
* Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone (all)
* Al Haig – piano (January 1949)
* John Lewis – piano (April 1949, March 1950)
* Joe Shulman – bass (January 1949)
* Nelson Boyd – bass (April 1949)
* Al McKibbon – bass (March 1950)
* Max Roach – drums (January 1949, March 1950)
* Kenny Clarke – drums (April 1949)
* Kenny Hagood – vocal ("Darn That Dream" only)
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