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[Khan] Miles Ahead was the first collaboration
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles Aheadwas the first collaboration between Miles Davis and Gil Evansafter Miles signs...

[Khan] Miles Ahead
was the first collaboration between Miles Davis and Gil Evans
after Miles signs with Columbia Records

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[Khan] Miles Ahead was the first collaboration
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between Miles Davis and Gil Evans after Miles signs with Columbia Records.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:22
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.
It's one of the reasons why Miles even went over to Columbia Records - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
It's one of the reasons why Miles even went over to Col...
[Miles] Gil and I were something special together musically. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Miles] Gil and I were something special together musically.
I loved working with Gil because he was so meticulous and creative... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
I loved working with Gil because he was so meticulous and cr...
We worked together at the piano always saying: - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
We worked together at the piano always saying:
[Khan] When Miles Ahead comes out, there's this young white female model - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
[Khan] When Miles Ahead comes out, there's this young w...
This was, I think, meant to evoke the high life, the good life, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
This was, I think, meant to evoke the high life, the good li...
Miles goes up to George Avakian and he says: - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:22
Miles goes up to George Avakian and he says:
[Khan] And the next pressing of the same music comes out - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
[Khan] And the next pressing of the same music comes out
Miles Ahead was the first of three wonderful collaborations - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
Miles Ahead was the first of three wonderful collaborations
Two years after Miles Ahead came Porgy and Bess. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Two years after Miles Ahead came Porgy and Bess.
[music: "Saeta"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[music: "Saeta"]
[Taylor Davis] I had spent time in Barcelona. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[Taylor Davis] I had spent time in Barcelona.
After we would finish our shows, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
After we would finish our shows,
I said to Miles: "I want you to really see what I see - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
I said to Miles: "I want you to really see what I see
And we'd go to see flamenco music and dance. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And we'd go to see flamenco music and dance.
[music continues] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[music continues]
We went right to the Colony record shop... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
We went right to the Colony record shop...
[Miles] That was the hardest thing for me to do on Sketches of Spain... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[Miles] That was the hardest thing for me to do on Sketches ...
To play the parts on the trumpet where someone was supposed to be singing, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
To play the parts on the trumpet where someone was supposed ...
My voice had to be both joyous and sad in this song - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
My voice had to be both joyous and sad in this song