To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
[applause]
Please log in to add to collections.
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

During the recordingof Elevator To The Gallows, Miles experienced a new wayof approaching...

[applause] During the recording
of Elevator To The Gallows, Miles experienced a new way
of approaching improvisation

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.377
[applause]
00:00:04.963 --> 00:00:07.632
During the recording of Elevator To The Gallows,
00:00:07.715 --> 00:00:11.344
Miles experienced a new way of approaching improvisation.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:16
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
N/A

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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.
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,
Like, it just is and it changed the sound of jazz. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Like, it just is and it changed the sound of jazz.
[Cobb] The cymbal crash at the start of "So What", I thought I had overdone it. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[Cobb] The cymbal crash at the start of "So What",...
[cymbals crash] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
[cymbals crash]
It's like you've hit the highway and the rest of the tune just takes off. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
It's like you've hit the highway and the rest of t...
On Kind of Blue, what he asked them to do was to think deeper - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
On Kind of Blue, what he asked them to do was to think deepe...
He said: "I have these few ideas. Let's go." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
He said: "I have these few ideas. Let's go."