![]() ![]() The nonet is an ensemble size that offers much for an enterprising composer. Spellman found after studying the scores that much of the attraction came from the unique colors and textures that were generated by the unique mid-sized ensemble along with the unique compositional style that lent itself to both jazz and classical styles, prefacing the Third Stream movement that would come soon after. His infatuation with the music from Birth of The Cool remained with him after he left school, as he looked to find the reason for the mysterious compulsion toward the music. ![]() Spellman has been based in Brooklyn since leaving NEC, leading different ensembles in a variety of genres. Spellmans fascination with these performances led him to chase that same spirit for his own collection of nonet recordings, Revenge of The Cool.īorn and raised near Boston, Spellman was attracted to the experimental jazz scene that flourished in the city.Īfter earning a degree in philosophy at Ithaca College, he went on to earn a Masters degree in jazz trumpet performance at the New England Conservatory, where he had continued his study of boundary pushing musicians who worked there, including Ran Blake, George Russell and Steve Lacy. More than fifty years later, when young trumpeter Bobby Spellman purchased a CD of these recordings, he became enchanted with the music. These experiments were eventually immortalized when recording sessions from 19 were released as Miles Daviss Birth of The Cool in 1957. Not far from the 52nd Street nerve center of jazz music a small group of forward thinking musicians were conceptualizing a new sound that would use the harmonic sophistication of bebop along with the compositional complexity of classical music. The Human Condition (4:37) In 1948, the revolutionary sounds of bebop music were at their peak. Gil Evans Out Of The Cool Rar Free Improvisation To. ![]()
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