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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

?? Dans le printemps de Paris ♪ Every African-American artistwho has spent time abroad...

�� Dans le printemps de Paris ♪ [Griffin] Every African-American artist
who has spent time abroad talks about the profound disappointment
in coming back to the United States

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♪ Dans le printemps de Paris ♪
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[Griffin] Every African-American artist who has spent time abroad
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talks about the profound disappointment in coming back to the United States.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:29
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
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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.
You see your country as you knew it but in an even starker light - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
You see your country as you knew it but in an even starker l...
[Miles] It was hard for me to come back - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Miles] It was hard for me to come back
I lost my sense of discipline, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
I lost my sense of discipline,
Before I knew it, I had a heroin habit... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Before I knew it, I had a heroin habit...
Which meant getting and shooting heroin all the time, all day and all night. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
Which meant getting and shooting heroin all the time, all da...
[music: "Paraphernalia"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[music: "Paraphernalia"]
There's no expectation that Miles is going to survive, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
There's no expectation that Miles is going to survive,
[Wein] I had a little club in... I think it was Hartford. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[Wein] I had a little club in... I think it was Hartford.
And Symphony Sid said: "Don't give Miles any money." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:28
And Symphony Sid said: "Don't give Miles any money...
[music: "Paraphernalia"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[music: "Paraphernalia"]
And came to the club and took him off the stage. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
And came to the club and took him off the stage.
He said: "Come on. You're going back home with me." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:12
He said: "Come on. You're going back home with me....
I had never felt like that before and probably haven't felt like that since. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
I had never felt like that before and probably haven't ...
On the way home, I told him I was going to give up dope - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
On the way home, I told him I was going to give up dope
Before I knew it, I was shooting up again, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
Before I knew it, I was shooting up again,
[Redmond] You could see him moving through the night. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Redmond] You could see him moving through the night.
You'd run into him somewhere, didn't even know it was Miles. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
You'd run into him somewhere, didn't even know it ...
That looked like... made him look like he was homeless. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
That looked like... made him look like he was homeless.
And it just doesn't work that way. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
And it just doesn't work that way.
[music continues] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
[music continues]