The brilliant arranger Gil Evans had already collaborated with Miles Davis on Birth of the Cool and Miles Ahead when he made his two excellent albums for World Pacific - New Bottle Old Wine (1958) and Great Jazz Standards (1959) - the latter featuring Johnny Coles, Steve Lacy, Budd Johnson, Elvin Jones and more. Blue Note Tone Poet Series features all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.