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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

"What's going on, man?" So, he changed up.He went from that to that

I said: "What's going on, man?" So, he changed up.
He went from that to that

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I said: "What's going on, man?"
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So, he changed up. He went from that to that.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:22:47
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.
[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
I went into the studio in August of 1969. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
I went into the studio in August of 1969.
[White] Miles had said to be at Columbia Studios at ten o'clock. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[White] Miles had said to be at Columbia Studios at ten o�...
I was there at 9:30. The cleaning lady let me in. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I was there at 9:30. The cleaning lady let me in.
[Miles] I brought in these musical sketches that nobody had seen, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Miles] I brought in these musical sketches that nobody had ...
I told the musicians that they could do anything they wanted... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I told the musicians that they could do anything they wanted...
Play anything they heard, so, that's what they did. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Play anything they heard, so, that's what they did.
[White] There were four percussion players playing at the same time, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
[White] There were four percussion players playing at the sa...
It was a great, massive improvisation. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
It was a great, massive improvisation.
And we went over the first part of Bitches Brew. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And we went over the first part of Bitches Brew.
[sings melody] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[sings melody]
[cymbals crash] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[cymbals crash]
[Santana] You hear Miles's trumpet bouncing against the buildings - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[Santana] You hear Miles's trumpet bouncing against the...