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COOL JAZZ Cool jazz was a style of jazz music inspired by bebop and the big bands, that occurred after World War II. Characterized by relaxed tempos and a lighter tone than the fast bebop style. The term "cool" was being applied around 1953, when Capitol Records released the album Classics in Jazz: Cool and Quiet. "Soft variants of bebop," from Miles Davis recordings Birth of the Cool, works from the Modern Jazz Quartet, along with the sounds of Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker and Bob Brookmeyer, as well as music of Stan Kenton's sidemen and the works of George Shearing and Stan Getz. West Coast jazz In 1951, Stan Kenton disbanded his Orchestra in Los Angeles, that prompted Trumpeter Shorty Rogers and drummer Shelly Manne to form a group that centered it's activity at the on the Hermosa Beach Lighthouse Café, where bassist Howard Rumsey led a house band. Legacy In 1959, The Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded Time Out, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard "Pop Albums" chart. Following their work on Birth of the Cool, Miles Davis and Gil Evans would again collaborate on albums such as Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain. Shelly Manne suggested that cool jazz and hard bop simply reflected their respective geographic environments: the relaxed cool jazz style reflected a more relaxed lifestyle in California, while driving bop typified the New York scene. Some Cool Jazz musicians included Chet Baker, Art Pepper, Marty Paich, Paul Desmond, Bob Cooper, Phil Woods, Wes Montgomery, The Condoli Brothers, and Milt Jackson to a name a few.