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But oftentimes those insecurities and those demons
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

But oftentimes those insecuritiesand those demons are the very thingsthat are the basis of...

but oftentimes those insecurities
and those demons are the very things
that are the basis of arts, so, that art becomes a way of healing

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but oftentimes those insecurities and those demons
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are the very things that are the basis of arts,
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so, that art becomes a way of healing.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:25
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
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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.
It gave him an opportunity to show a vulnerability - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
It gave him an opportunity to show a vulnerability
We got through a set and Miles came upstairs to smoke. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
We got through a set and Miles came upstairs to smoke.
[Miles] I'm standing there, in front of Birdland, wringing wet, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Miles] I'm standing there, in front of Birdland, wring...
I had just walked this pretty white girl named Judy out to get a cab. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
I had just walked this pretty white girl named Judy out to g...
This white policeman comes up to me and tells me to move on. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
This white policeman comes up to me and tells me to move on.
I'm working downstairs and I'm smoking a cigarette." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
I'm working downstairs and I'm smoking a cigarette...
"M-I-L-E-S... M-I-L-E-S. Miles." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:12
"M-I-L-E-S... M-I-L-E-S. Miles."
And he is at the top of the marquee, top of his popularity. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And he is at the top of the marquee, top of his popularity.
[Cobb] The guy said: "I don't care. You just can't stand there." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
[Cobb] The guy said: "I don't care. You just can&#...
Miles, at that point, was in such good shape - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
Miles, at that point, was in such good shape
[Miles] From out of nowhere, this white detective runs in - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Miles] From out of nowhere, this white detective runs in
[Taylor Davis] I received a telephone call - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Taylor Davis] I received a telephone call
[Miles] I would've expected this kind of bullshit back in East St. Louis, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
[Miles] I would've expected this kind of bullshit back ...
It was racial. The whole thing was racial. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
It was racial. The whole thing was racial.
The whole city was racist, the whole world, I guess, you know, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
The whole city was racist, the whole world, I guess, you kno...
[Griffin] It is a reminder that no level of accomplishment, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:18
[Griffin] It is a reminder that no level of accomplishment,
Damn, you know, like, there is no way out of this thing. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
Damn, you know, like, there is no way out of this thing.
Made me much more bitter and cynical than I might have been. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Made me much more bitter and cynical than I might have been.
[Miller] He used to flash back. We'd be talking and randomly he'd just go: - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
[Miller] He used to flash back. We'd be talking and ran...
Man, that stuff don't go away, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Man, that stuff don't go away,