Arranger and composer, an early creator of "cool jazz"; he collaborated with trumpeter MilesDavis in 1949 to produce recordings of the Miles Davis Nonet, which were eventually released as"The Birth of the Cool":Cannonball AdderleyArt BlakeyDave BrubeckPaul ChambersJimmy CobbJohn ColtraneMiles DavisPaul DesmondBill EvansGil EvansTommy FlanaganStan GetzDizzy GillespieAl HaigHerbie HancockWoody HermanMilt JacksonJ. J. JohnsonElvin JonesWynton KellyStan KentonLee KonitzJohn LewisThelonious MonkCharlie ParkerOscar PetersonBud PowellGerry MulliganMax RoachSonny RollinsCurly RussellWayne ShorterHorace SilverLennie TristanoMcCoy TynerSarah VaughnTony Williams