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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

He sent for his children Cheryl and Gregory and little Miles

He sent for his children Cheryl and Gregory and little Miles

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He sent for his children
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Cheryl and Gregory and little Miles.
Duration
6 seconds
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26
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:21
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.
What I ended up doing was performing in the kitchen. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
What I ended up doing was performing in the kitchen.
I came to New York and Frances got us enrolled in schools - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
I came to New York and Frances got us enrolled in schools
I didn't know how to cook or anything. I'd been on the road. I didn't know. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
I didn't know how to cook or anything. I'd been on...
He said to me: "Look, listen. Watch what I'm doing and do it." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
He said to me: "Look, listen. Watch what I'm doing...
She would be downstairs cooking - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
She would be downstairs cooking
And later on, she told me: - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
And later on, she told me:
She always seemed to be holding in, uh, certain feelings - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
She always seemed to be holding in, uh, certain feelings
[Miles] My hip was operated on in April 1965, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[Miles] My hip was operated on in April 1965,
But it didn't work and so they had to do it again that August. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
But it didn't work and so they had to do it again that ...
I was starting to drink more than I had in the past - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
I was starting to drink more than I had in the past
[Taylor Davis] It was a combination of jealousy, cocaine... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[Taylor Davis] It was a combination of jealousy, cocaine...
Percodan, Scotch and milk, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
Percodan, Scotch and milk,
This combination causes you to snap... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
This combination causes you to snap...
I was with Miles at Birdland one evening... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
I was with Miles at Birdland one evening...
And Quincy Jones was there. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
And Quincy Jones was there.
I just mentioned to Miles that Quincy Jones is handsome. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
I just mentioned to Miles that Quincy Jones is handsome.
It was the most unbelievable thing that ever happened to me - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
It was the most unbelievable thing that ever happened to me
And it wasn't going to be the last, unfortunately. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And it wasn't going to be the last, unfortunately.
But... that's when it happened. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
But... that's when it happened.
Frances was the best wife that I ever had. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Frances was the best wife that I ever had.