Write a brief essay defining cool jazz, and include in your discussion some of the similarities with bop.

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 music of understatement,  restraint, and leannesswhat was “new” in jazz in the 1950s; not what was “popular”some similarities with bop: underlying complexitytendency toward obscuritylight style of drumming; emphasis on the cymbalbass: keeps the beatunison playing: beginnings and endingsslower tempivibraphone (“vibes”) commonModern Jazz Quartet one of the most influential combos in this styleJohn Lewis, piano (composer)Milt Jackson, vibesPercy Heath, bassConnie Kay, drumsBirth of the Cool (1949-50) Miles Davis, trumpet 

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