Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019 "You don't know Miles"

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

7.5 | 1h56m | en | Documentary

A visionary, innovator, and originator who defied categorization and embodied the word cool—a foray into the life and career of musical and cultural icon Miles Davis.

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7.5 | 1h56m | en | Documentary , Music

Synopsis

A visionary, innovator, and originator who defied categorization and embodied the word cool—a foray into the life and career of musical and cultural icon Miles Davis.

Cast

Carl Lumbly , Miles Davis , Quincy Jones

Director

Henry Adebonojo

Producted By

Eagle Rock Entertainment , American Masters Pictures

Trailers

Cast

Carl Lumbly

as Miles Davis (voice)

[2022] I'm Charlie Walker [2021] Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special [2019] Doctor Sleep [2019] Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool [2017] A Cure for Wellness [2015] Quitters [2012] Justice League: Doom [2010] Black Panther [2008] The Alphabet Killer

Miles Davis

as Self (archive footage)

[2019] Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool [2019] Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes [2014] Jingle Bell Rocks! [2013] Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra: Live at Montreux 1991 [2011] Miles Davis: Around Midnight [2010] Miles Davis & Keith Jarrett - The 1971 Berlin Concert [2008] Miles Davis: Kind of Blue [2007] John Coltrane - Impressions Of Coltrane [2004] Miles Davis: Live from the Montreal Jazz Festival

Quincy Jones

as Self

[2024] Ennio [2022] Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens [2022] The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM [2021] You Don't Own Me [2021] Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over [2020] Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes [2019] Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool [2019] ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke [2019] The Black Godfather