1940s in jazz of the time initially met with a divided, sometimes hostile response among fans and fellow musicians, especially established swing players, who bristled at the new harmonic sounds. To hostile critics, bebop seemed to be filled with "racing, nervous phrases". Despite the initial friction, by the 1950s bebop had become an accepted part of the jazz vocabulary. The most influential bebop musicians included saxophonist Charlie Parker, pianists Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown, and drummer Max Roach. The swing era lasted until the mid-1940s, and produced popular tunes such as Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail" (1940) and
Milestones (Miles Davis album) its suggested "Core Collection", calling it "one of the very great modern-jazz albums." "Milestones" was originally released in mono, as well as in electronically re-channeled stereo (also called pseudo-stereo). The album was remixed and remastered in stereo for "The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane" and, in 2009, reissued in stereo on the Columbia/Legacy label. Tracks 3–9 recorded on February 4, 1958; tracks 1–2 recorded on March 4, 1958. Milestones (Miles Davis album) Milestones (CL 1193) is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis, recorded with his "first great quintet" augmented as a