Boplicity
Gil Evans's arrangement from the nonet sessions, credited under the name Cleo Henry.
Miles Davis, from Birth of the Cool (1949)
- Written by
- Miles Davis, Gil Evans
- Released
- 1949
- Length
- 2:58
- Album
- Birth of the Cool
Recorded on 22 April 1949, it is credited to Cleo Henry, a pseudonym of Davis and Evans, and arranged by Evans. It is one of the eleven pieces on the Birth of the Cool compilation.
The piece is credited to the pseudonym Cleo Henry, the maiden name of Davis's mother, and is in F major. Pitchfork called it a lissome swinger, and arranger Ryan Truesdell told liner-note writer Ashley Kahn that all the inner parts have strong melodies, much as one would write for strings.
More songs by Miles Davis
So What, All Blues, Blue in Green, Freddie Freeloader, Flamenco Sketches, Miles Runs the Voodoo Down, Moon Dreams, Footprints
Sources
- Birth of the Cool, Wikipedia
- Miles Davis, Wikipedia
- Boplicity, Wikipedia
- The Complete Birth of the Cool, Pitchfork (2019-06)