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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

I'd be lying if I saidthat it didn't make me sad, because I really loved playingwith this...

I'd be lying if I said
that it didn't make me sad, because I really loved playing
with this band

Full Transcript

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I'd be lying if I said that it didn't make me sad,
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because I really loved playing with this band.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:49
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
N/A

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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.
I had always been looking for new things to play, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
I had always been looking for new things to play,
Miles had come in during the course of the set - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
Miles had come in during the course of the set
And he said: "I'm looking for a bass player. Are you interested?" - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:18
And he said: "I'm looking for a bass player. Are y...
Then this voice said: "The guitar is a motherfucker, ain't it?" - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
Then this voice said: "The guitar is a motherfucker, ai...
He never gave me his address, phone number, nothing. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
He never gave me his address, phone number, nothing.
[music: "Footprints"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
[music: "Footprints"]
[indistinct voice] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[indistinct voice]
[Khan] Miles's great quintet of the 1960s - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:13
[Khan] Miles's great quintet of the 1960s
And anyone could take the music where they wanted to. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And anyone could take the music where they wanted to.
[Kernodle] He consistently surrounded himself - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[Kernodle] He consistently surrounded himself
He allowed them to develop their musical identity in that band. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
He allowed them to develop their musical identity in that ba...
And he continued to just keep regenerating - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
And he continued to just keep regenerating
At the time I joined Miles's band, I was 23 years old. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
At the time I joined Miles's band, I was 23 years old.
[Miles] Creativity and genius in any kind of artistic expression - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Miles] Creativity and genius in any kind of artistic expres...
Our job was to mix these components, these changes, this tempo, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
Our job was to mix these components, these changes, this tem...
Miles wanted us to live on the stage in front of the people, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
Miles wanted us to live on the stage in front of the people,
In other words, don't lean on what you know. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
In other words, don't lean on what you know.
[Hancock] Miles even told us: - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:14
[Hancock] Miles even told us:
You just play." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
You just play."
[music out] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[music out]