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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

I was ready to go back to music

[distant cheering] I was ready to go back to music

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I was ready to go back to music.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:39:27
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.
He bought that car just to show up at that gig. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
He bought that car just to show up at that gig.
And yeah, man, you know, I bought a new shirt. [laughs] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
And yeah, man, you know, I bought a new shirt. [laughs]
And he had this whole new sound with all the young musicians. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
And he had this whole new sound with all the young musicians...
[Stern] He was seven years out and all of a sudden he came back. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Stern] He was seven years out and all of a sudden he came b...
This cat could've stopped completely and said: "I've done enough." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
This cat could've stopped completely and said: "I&...
[music out] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[music out]
[Rothbaum] It wasn't just a comeback of an artist. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Rothbaum] It wasn't just a comeback of an artist.
Yes. I love to play in Europe, jazz festivals. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Yes. I love to play in Europe, jazz festivals.
Starting with the first tour, we were in a different city, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
Starting with the first tour, we were in a different city,
[crowd cheers] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[crowd cheers]
We'd get back to the hotel by midnight. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
We'd get back to the hotel by midnight.
He would just pick up whatever writing device he had and start to draw. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
He would just pick up whatever writing device he had and sta...
[music: "Time After Time"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[music: "Time After Time"]
We get to the gig. He's drawing in the dressing room. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
We get to the gig. He's drawing in the dressing room.
It was literally flowing through his arm, into his hand, onto the paper. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
It was literally flowing through his arm, into his hand, ont...
[reporter] When you make a wrong line, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[reporter] When you make a wrong line,
The note next to the one that you think is bad... corrects the one in front. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
The note next to the one that you think is bad... corrects t...
I was waiting by the elevator and the elevator opened and there he was. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
I was waiting by the elevator and the elevator opened and th...
Like in a movie when you meet the vampire - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
Like in a movie when you meet the vampire
I looked back and he said: "You better run fast - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
I looked back and he said: "You better run fast