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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

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7.2/10 • 91

2019-08-23 • 1h 55m

DocumentaryHistoryMusic

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).

Directors
Stanley Nelson
Editors
Lewis Erskine

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  1. Carl Lumbly

    Carl Lumbly

    Miles Davis (voice)

  2. Reginald Petty

    Reginald Petty

    Self - East St. Louis Resident

  3. Quincy Troupe

    Quincy Troupe

    Self - Writer

  4. Farah Griffin

    Farah Griffin

    Self - Writer

  5. Lee Annie Bonner

    Lee Annie Bonner

    Self - Childhood Friend

  6. Ashley Kahn

    Ashley Kahn

    Self - Writer

  7. Benjamin Cawthra

    Benjamin Cawthra

    Self - Historian

  8. Jimmy Heath

    Jimmy Heath

    Self - Musician

  9. Jimmy Cobb

    Jimmy Cobb

    Self - Musician

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Jun 4, 2019

8/10

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.
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Original Language
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Keywords
drug abusejazzjazz singer or musicianbiographyracismbeboptrumpet playerabusive husbandmiles davisportrait of an artist