Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Unrated

8/23/20191h 55m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ You don't know Miles ~

Overview:

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Director:

Stanley Nelson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

drug abuse
jazz
jazz singer or musician
biography
racism
bebop
trumpet player
abusive husband
miles davis
portrait of an artist

Cast

Carl Lumbly

~ as ~

Miles Davis (voice)

Reginald Petty

~ as ~

Self - East St. Louis Resident

Quincy Troupe

~ as ~

Self - Writer

Farah Griffin

~ as ~

Self - Writer

Lee Annie Bonner

~ as ~

Self - Childhood Friend

Ashley Kahn

~ as ~

Self - Writer

Benjamin Cawthra

~ as ~

Self - Historian

Jimmy Heath

~ as ~

Self - Musician

Jimmy Cobb

~ as ~

Self - Musician

Dan Morgenstern

~ as ~

Self - Writer

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Reviews (1)

SWITCH.
Written 6 year(s) ago
8
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 Watt
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