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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Looking at the image at the same momentas we were playing was very importantbecause he's...

Looking at the image at the same moment
as we were playing was very important
because he's Jeanne Moreau

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Looking at the image at the same moment as we were playing
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was very important because he's Jeanne Moreau.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:32
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.
Very fast we realized that it was something... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Very fast we realized that it was something...
A lot of people, they heard the record first - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
A lot of people, they heard the record first
[applause] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
[applause]
That's something he would develop in the next following years. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
That's something he would develop in the next following...
So, something started in the recording studio - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
So, something started in the recording studio
[music: "So What (Session)"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[music: "So What (Session)"]
Here we go. 300622981, number two, take one. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Here we go. 300622981, number two, take one.
[Cobb] I was probably the first one there 'cause I had to set up the drums. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Cobb] I was probably the first one there 'cause I had ...
So, I had my drums, set 'em up and waited till everybody else filed in. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
So, I had my drums, set 'em up and waited till everybod...
And the only thing he'd tell me was, like: "Just swing, you know, just swing." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And the only thing he'd tell me was, like: "Just s...
[Miles] I didn't write out the music for Kind of Blue, but brought in sketches, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[Miles] I didn't write out the music for Kind of Blue, ...
I knew that if you've got some great musicians, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
I knew that if you've got some great musicians,
[sings melody] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
[sings melody]
[sings bass part] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
[sings bass part]
Grabbed the record out of my father's collection, put it on. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Grabbed the record out of my father's collection, put i...
[music: "So What"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[music: "So What"]
We can't even question the sacred texts that we have, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
We can't even question the sacred texts that we have,
Like, it just is and it changed the sound of jazz. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Like, it just is and it changed the sound of jazz.
[Cobb] The cymbal crash at the start of "So What", I thought I had overdone it. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[Cobb] The cymbal crash at the start of "So What",...
[cymbals crash] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
[cymbals crash]