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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

I figured if they could do it, reach all those peopleand sell all those records without...

I figured if they could do it, reach all those people
and sell all those records without really knowing
what they were doing, then I could do it, too, only better

Full Transcript

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I figured if they could do it,
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reach all those people and sell all those records
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without really knowing what they were doing,
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then I could do it, too, only better.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:59
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.
Miles asked to see me and it was a very, very tense meeting. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
Miles asked to see me and it was a very, very tense meeting.
And he said these fucking long-haired, white kids - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
And he said these fucking long-haired, white kids
He was irate and asked to be released from the label. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
He was irate and asked to be released from the label.
I said: "Look, I can get you dates - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:12
I said: "Look, I can get you dates
I just know that if you play those dates, something will happen." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
I just know that if you play those dates, something will hap...
[Miles] Around this time, I had met a beautiful young singer - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Miles] Around this time, I had met a beautiful young singer
She was full of new things and surprises and helped point the way I was to go. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
She was full of new things and surprises and helped point th...
Betty Davis was just a very fierce, dynamic sister - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
Betty Davis was just a very fierce, dynamic sister
She totally changes his sense of what's happening in music. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
She totally changes his sense of what's happening in mu...
[Miles] Betty was a big influence - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Miles] Betty was a big influence
I went by his house, he had a bunch of funny-looking suits, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
I went by his house, he had a bunch of funny-looking suits,
I said: "What's going on, man?" - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
I said: "What's going on, man?"
[Miles] I wanted to change course, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Miles] I wanted to change course,
My interest was in an electronic bass player. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
My interest was in an electronic bass player.
It gave me what I wanted to hear instead of the stand-up bass. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
It gave me what I wanted to hear instead of the stand-up bas...
[Carter] He called me and said: "I want to talk to you." I said okay. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Carter] He called me and said: "I want to talk to you....
He said: "All you got to do is play like you're playing upright." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
He said: "All you got to do is play like you're pl...
To join you? No, man, I'm not going to do that." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
To join you? No, man, I'm not going to do that."
[Miles] The group broke up when Ron decided to leave for good, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Miles] The group broke up when Ron decided to leave for goo...
Now, I was starting to think about other ways - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Now, I was starting to think about other ways