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From 1949 through 1950, Davis recorded twelve tunes with a nonet consisting of himself and other noted jazz musicians including arranger Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, John Lewis, Max Roach and Kenny Clarke, the arrangements for this group were scored for instruments rarely used in jazz such as French horn and tuba.

These recordings, which were labeled cool jazz and eventually appeared on the album Birth of the Cool in 1957 by Capitol Records, marked an important influence on the future jazz.

He later signed to Columbia and released ' Round About Midnight on March 18, 1957.

His acclaimed 1959 album Kind of Blue is generally stated to be the best-selling jazz album of all time, although the data is not conclusive.

The follow-up album in 1960, Sketches of Spain, went gold.