After the rise of bebop, jazz splintered into competing camps. In the 1950s, a more melodic style known as “cool jazz” gained widespread popularity, championed by Miles Davis, Stan Getz ...

After moving to New York in 1946, he joined Gene Krupa's big band as staff arranger, attracting attention with his Disc Jockey Jump (1947). He then became involved with the nascent cool-jazz movement ...