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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Movie
2019
1h 55m
Not Rated
English
Documentary, History, Music
User Score: 
7.6
Critic Score: 
84
Miles Davis Birth of the Cool' Poster
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
Miles Davis Birth of the Cool Poster

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Not Rated
Movie
2019
1h 55m
English
Documentary, History, Music
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
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7.6
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
84

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Carl Lumbly
Miles Davis (voice)
Farah Griffin
Self - Writer
Ashley Kahn
Self - Writer
Jimmy Heath
Self - Musician
Jimmy Cobb
Self - Musician
Dan Morgenstern
Self - Writer
Greg Tate
Self - Writer
Gerald Early
Self - Writer
Quincy Jones
Self - Musician
Wayne Shorter
Self - Musician
Tammy L Kernodle
Self - Musicologist
Juliette Grco
Self - Singer
George Wein
Self - Jazz Promoter
Carlos Santana
Self - Musician
Herbie Hancock
Self - Musician
Marcus Miller
Self - Musician
Frances Davis
Self - Dancer / 1st Wife
Ren Urtreger
Self - Musician
Joshua Redman
Self - Musician
James Mtume
Self - Musician
Vince Wilburn Jr
Self - Nephew
Archie Shepp
Self - Musician
Stanley Crouch
Self - Writer
Cheryl Davis
Self - Daughter
Ron Carter
Self - Musician
Directed By: Stanley Nelson

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grtavares says...
10 months ago
I have mixed feelings about this work.... On the one hand, the quality of its production is unmatched. The videos and interviews are exemplary and you can even follow the musician's life to a certain extent. However, the management seems lost to me and even makes imprecise and tasteless decisions. The narrator, for example, gets tired and the choice to replace him with a voice actor is very weak and wrong. The best way for a documentary is to expose the personality's opinions without confusing the viewer. I want to know if he said that and not convert it into a context or a cut from the director because it distorts the facts and becomes just an opinion. I understand that a musician's life is vast with interpretations and stories. But, in this case, it is better to be structural and put it in chapters. The intention is valid, but the ending ended abruptly, revealing a symptom in the entire film. Therefore, this documentary is just an introduction to the artist's life and work and should not be taken seriously.
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SWITCH.
6 years ago
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, hilario More
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