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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

"Three, four. Gentlemen,are you ready? Three, four..." the man who wrote the music...

30 person to come violin... percussion... brass, etcetera, and: "Three, four. Gentlemen,
are you ready? Three, four..." [hums a tune] the man who wrote the music knows
exactly how long each sequence takes two minutes 40... etcetera, etcetera

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30 person to come
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violin... percussion... brass, etcetera,
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and: "Three, four. Gentlemen, are you ready? Three, four..."
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[hums a tune]
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the man who wrote the music knows exactly how long each sequence takes
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two minutes 40... etcetera, etcetera.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:20
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. This documentary feature explores archival photos and home movies shot by Miles and his colleagues, his manuscripts and Miles' original paintings, to explore the man behind the music.
He played the entire music directly along to the screening of the movie. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
He played the entire music directly along to the screening o...
Just improvising and creating the sound in reaction to the images of the film. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
Just improvising and creating the sound in reaction to the i...
Looking at the image at the same moment as we were playing - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
Looking at the image at the same moment as we were playing
Very fast we realized that it was something... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Very fast we realized that it was something...
A lot of people, they heard the record first - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
A lot of people, they heard the record first
[applause] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
[applause]
That's something he would develop in the next following years. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
That's something he would develop in the next following...
So, something started in the recording studio - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
So, something started in the recording studio
[music: "So What (Session)"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[music: "So What (Session)"]
Here we go. 300622981, number two, take one. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Here we go. 300622981, number two, take one.
[Cobb] I was probably the first one there 'cause I had to set up the drums. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Cobb] I was probably the first one there 'cause I had ...
So, I had my drums, set 'em up and waited till everybody else filed in. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
So, I had my drums, set 'em up and waited till everybod...
And the only thing he'd tell me was, like: "Just swing, you know, just swing." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And the only thing he'd tell me was, like: "Just s...
[Miles] I didn't write out the music for Kind of Blue, but brought in sketches, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[Miles] I didn't write out the music for Kind of Blue, ...
I knew that if you've got some great musicians, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
I knew that if you've got some great musicians,
[sings melody] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
[sings melody]
[sings bass part] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
[sings bass part]
Grabbed the record out of my father's collection, put it on. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Grabbed the record out of my father's collection, put i...
[music: "So What"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[music: "So What"]
We can't even question the sacred texts that we have, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
We can't even question the sacred texts that we have,