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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

7.2

Released August 23, 2019Runtime 1h 55min

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).

Genres

Documentary

History

Music

Production Companies

Firelight Media

BBC Music

Eagle Rock Entertainment

American Masters Pictures

Production Countries

United Kingdom

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Carl LumblyMiles Davis (voice)

Reginald PettySelf - East St. Louis Resident

Quincy TroupeSelf - Writer

Farah GriffinSelf - Writer

Lee Annie BonnerSelf - Childhood Friend

Ashley KahnSelf - Writer

Benjamin CawthraSelf - Historian

Jimmy HeathSelf - Musician

Jimmy CobbSelf - Musician

Dan MorgensternSelf - Writer

Greg TateSelf - Writer

Gerald EarlySelf - Writer

Quincy JonesSelf - Musician

Wayne ShorterSelf - Musician

Tammy L. KernodleSelf - Musicologist

Juliette GrécoSelf - Singer

Vincent BessièresSelf - Writer

George WeinSelf - Jazz Promoter

Eugene RedmondSelf - East St. Louis Resident

Carlos SantanaSelf - Musician

Herbie HancockSelf - Musician

Marcus MillerSelf - Musician

Cortez McCoySelf - Friend

Sandra McCoySelf - Friend

Jack ChambersSelf - Historian

Frances DavisSelf - Dancer / 1st Wife

René UrtregerSelf - Musician

Joshua RedmanSelf - Musician

James MtumeSelf - Musician

Lenny WhiteSelf - Musician

Vince Wilburn Jr.Self - Nephew

Archie SheppSelf - Musician

Stanley CrouchSelf - Writer

Cheryl DavisSelf - Daughter

Ron CarterSelf - Musician

Clive DavisSelf - Columbia Records President

Marguerite CantúSelf - Friend

Erin DavisSelf - Son

Mark RothbaumSelf - Music Manager

Mike SternSelf - Musician

Mikel ElamSelf - Personal Assistant

Jo GelbardSelf - Painter

Wallace RoneySelf - Musician

Miles DavisSelf - Musician (archive footage)

Walter CronkiteSelf - Anchorman (archive footage)

Charlie ParkerSelf - Musician (archive footage)

Dizzy GillespieSelf - Musician (archive footage)

Thelonious MonkSelf - Musician (archive footage)

Johnny MathisSelf - Singer (archive footage)

Louis MalleSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Jeanne MoreauSelf - Actress (archive footage)

John ColtraneSelf - Musician (archive footage)

Gil EvansSelf - Music Arranger (archive footage)

Tony WilliamsSelf - Musician (archive footage)

Betty DavisSelf - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage)

PrinceSelf - Musician (archive footage)

Crew

Stanley NelsonDirector

Adam BarkerExecutive Producer

Stanley NelsonProducer

Nicole LondonProducer

Lauren WimbushAssociate Producer

Babatunde SalaamProduction Assistant

Jarobi MoorheadProduction Assistant

Peter WorselySupervising Producer

Junko TsunashimaSupervising Producer

Terry ShandExecutive Producer

Geoff KempinExecutive Producer

Michael KantorExecutive Producer

Melissa Morton HicksProduction Manager

Yusuf KapadiaEditor

Natasha MottolaEditor

Steve BerkowitzMusic Consultant

Don WyllieColorist

Javier ChorrillosAssistant Editor

Benny MouthonSupervising Sound Editor

Benny MouthonSound Re-Recording Mixer

Brian BrackenSound Editor

Gautam ChoudhurySound Recordist

Caleb MoseSound Recordist

Adriano BravoSound Recordist

Brian WalkerSound Recordist

Jean-Paul GuiradoSound Recordist

Joe McGillSound Recordist

Redd ReynoldsSound Recordist

Bill StreeterSound Recordist

Pearl LiebermanArchival Footage Research

Cara FittsArchival Footage Research

Lewis ErskineEditor

Henry AdebonojoDirector of Photography

Marc GerkeDirector of Photography

Clare MajorDirector of Photography

Hervé CohenDirector of Photography

Eric ColemanDirector of Photography

Antonio RossiDirector of Photography

Mead HuntDirector of Photography

Jerry HenryDirector of Photography

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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,...