Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
You don't know Miles
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
- 7.2
- 2019
- Released
- 1h 55m
Carl Lumbly
Miles Davis (voice)
Reginald Petty
Self - East St. Louis ResidentFarah Griffin
Self - WriterLee Annie Bonner
Self - Childhood FriendAshley Kahn
Self - WriterBenjamin Cawthra
Self - Historian
Jimmy Heath
Self - MusicianJimmy Cobb
Self - MusicianDan Morgenstern
Self - WriterGreg Tate
Self - Writer
Gerald Early
Self - Writer
Wayne Shorter
Self - MusicianTammy L. Kernodle
Self - Musicologist
Juliette Gréco
Self - SingerVincent Bessières
Self - WriterGeorge Wein
Self - Jazz PromoterEugene Redmond
Self - East St. Louis Resident
Carlos Santana
Self - MusicianCortez McCoy
Self - FriendSandra McCoy
Self - FriendJack Chambers
Self - Historian
Frances Davis
Self - Dancer / 1st Wife
Joshua Redman
Self - Musician
James Mtume
Self - MusicianLenny White
Self - MusicianVince Wilburn Jr.
Self - Nephew
Archie Shepp
Self - Musician
Stanley Crouch
Self - WriterCheryl Davis
Self - Daughter
Ron Carter
Self - Musician
Clive Davis
Self - Columbia Records PresidentMarguerite Cantú
Self - FriendMike Stern
Self - MusicianMikel Elam
Self - Personal AssistantJo Gelbard
Self - PainterWallace Roney
Self - Musician
Miles Davis
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)Charlie Parker
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Thelonious Monk
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Johnny Mathis
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau
Self - Actress (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self - Musician (archive footage)Gil Evans
Self - Music Arranger (archive footage)
Tony Williams
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Betty Davis
Self - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Prince
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Released
en
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- #jazz singer or musician
- #biography
- #racism
- #bebop
- #trumpet player
- #abusive husband
- #miles davis
- #portrait of an artist
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Reviews
Stanley Nelson combines the man and his music to give us an intimate portrait of how one mind shaped popular culture, armed only with a well-manipulated trumpet and some smooth musical notes. ‘Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool’ humanises a musical genius and ends up giving us an engrossing, hilarious, informative and heartbreaking look at the Miles Davis that music fans thought they knew. - Jake Wat