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Miles and Frances on fire. [chuckles]
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles and Frances on fire.

Miles and Frances on fire. [chuckles]

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Miles and Frances on fire. [chuckles]
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:51:04
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.
As a kid, when I would see them together, it was just like wow. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
As a kid, when I would see them together, it was just like w...
You know, they dressed to the nines... just clean. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
You know, they dressed to the nines... just clean.
I had a friend who was a writer. His name was George Frazier... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I had a friend who was a writer. His name was George Frazier...
And he picked up on a word, which he applied to Miles. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And he picked up on a word, which he applied to Miles.
It had to do with the Spanish matadors, the bull fighters. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
It had to do with the Spanish matadors, the bull fighters.
But others would just walk in the ring - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
But others would just walk in the ring
And Miles had duende. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
And Miles had duende.
[Cobb] Miles was the kind of guy, he had things that he liked. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Cobb] Miles was the kind of guy, he had things that he like...
If he liked you, he liked you. If he didn't like you, he didn't like you. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
If he liked you, he liked you. If he didn't like you, h...
You know, if you were on his right side, that's where you were, you know. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
You know, if you were on his right side, that's where y...
And if you were on his wrong side, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And if you were on his wrong side,
That was the way I protected myself, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
That was the way I protected myself,
I went to the Village Vanguard where Miles was performing... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
I went to the Village Vanguard where Miles was performing...
And I said: "Mr. Davis, my name is Archie Shepp - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:24
And I said: "Mr. Davis, my name is Archie Shepp
Miles didn't have to please anybody but Miles. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Miles didn't have to please anybody but Miles.
Miles was not interested. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Miles was not interested.
You know what I mean? He wasn't interested in people... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
You know what I mean? He wasn't interested in people...
But oftentimes those insecurities and those demons - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
But oftentimes those insecurities and those demons
It gave him an opportunity to show a vulnerability - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
It gave him an opportunity to show a vulnerability
We got through a set and Miles came upstairs to smoke. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
We got through a set and Miles came upstairs to smoke.