Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

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

Cast

Carl Lumbly

Carl Lumbly

as Miles Davis (voice)

Reginald Petty

Reginald Petty

as Self - East St. Louis Resident

Quincy Troupe

Quincy Troupe

as Self - Writer

Farah Griffin

Farah Griffin

as Self - Writer

Lee Annie Bonner

Lee Annie Bonner

as Self - Childhood Friend

Ashley Kahn

Ashley Kahn

as Self - Writer

Benjamin Cawthra

Benjamin Cawthra

as Self - Historian

Jimmy Heath

Jimmy Heath

as Self - Musician

Jimmy Cobb

Jimmy Cobb

as Self - Musician

Dan Morgenstern

Dan Morgenstern

as Self - Writer

Reviews

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, ...

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