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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).

Top Cast

  • Carl Lumbly

    Carl Lumbly

    Miles Davis (voice)

  • Reginald Petty

    Reginald Petty

    Self - East St. Louis Resident

  • Quincy Troupe

    Quincy Troupe

    Self - Writer

  • Farah Griffin

    Farah Griffin

    Self - Writer

  • Lee Annie Bonner

    Lee Annie Bonner

    Self - Childhood Friend

  • Ashley Kahn

    Ashley Kahn

    Self - Writer

  • Benjamin Cawthra

    Benjamin Cawthra

    Self - Historian

  • Jimmy Heath

    Jimmy Heath

    Self - Musician

  • Jimmy Cobb

    Jimmy Cobb

    Self - Musician

Overview

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

Rating

7.1 / 10
95 Reviews
1 Popular

2 Reviews

  • SWITCH.
    SWITCH.
    8 Jun 4, 2019

    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 Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-miles-davis-birth-of-the-cool-the-man-behind-the-jazz-legend Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.

  • Ersatz
    Ersatz
    1 May 28, 2026

    This is Weird. I thought if someone had a proven history of beating up women that people shouldn't get on their knees and worship them? But I suppose it's okay to glorify him because he was black. All is forgiven if that's the case? 🤔

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