How does Miles Davis Birth of the Cool album confuse common assumptions about race and place as they related to cool jazz

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How does Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” album (and the nonet that he led during 1948-50) confuse common assumptions about race and place, as they related to cool jazz?Then, explain how hardbop represented black identity, by providing at least three detailed examples.

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Miles Davis is synonymous with Jazz and Jazz is synonymous with Miles Davis. The
album did not gain a lot of notoriety in the jazz world in terms of accolades but it gained
profound fame on its timeless influence of Jazz in the United States. The album was intentional
in moving the theme of jazz to the common known style of bebop. The group that cam...


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