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