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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

I never understood what wasso appealing to so many people

[music continues] I never understood what was
so appealing to so many people

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I never understood what was so appealing to so many people.
Duration
10 seconds
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41
Timestamp in Movie
01:30:26
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.
I was trying to figure out what he heard in it. I didn't understand it. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I was trying to figure out what he heard in it. I didn'...
[Santana] People who say that, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:22
[Santana] People who say that,
When you listen to that slew of records - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:16
When you listen to that slew of records
Miles was doing all of that in the early '70s. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Miles was doing all of that in the early '70s.
He's creating new music and kind of disturbing the fabric. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
He's creating new music and kind of disturbing the fabr...
When I was with him he was pretty healthy. He was doing very well... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
When I was with him he was pretty healthy. He was doing very...
Eating a good healthy diet, keeping his body clean. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Eating a good healthy diet, keeping his body clean.
Of course, he worked out in the gym every day, pretty much, boxing. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Of course, he worked out in the gym every day, pretty much, ...
And, so, those things were very important at that time and that was really good. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And, so, those things were very important at that time and t...
Even though he hadn't been doing them around me, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
Even though he hadn't been doing them around me,
[Miles] In October 1972, I fell asleep at the wheel - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[Miles] In October 1972, I fell asleep at the wheel
I was laid up for almost three months and when I got home, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
I was laid up for almost three months and when I got home,
[Rothbaum] That was probably the most pivotal moment in his life. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Rothbaum] That was probably the most pivotal moment in his ...
The abject pain that he was in, from awakening to going to sleep... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
The abject pain that he was in, from awakening to going to s...
Forced him, and I say "forced him" to use prescription medicine, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
Forced him, and I say "forced him" to use prescrip...
He started taking fewer and fewer jobs and tours. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
He started taking fewer and fewer jobs and tours.
Eventually, there was no band. There was no Miles Davis band. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Eventually, there was no band. There was no Miles Davis band...
[Miles] I was spiritually tired of all the bullshit I'd been going through - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Miles] I was spiritually tired of all the bullshit I'd...
I knew that I needed a rest and so I took one. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I knew that I needed a rest and so I took one.
I put down the thing I love most in life, my music. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I put down the thing I love most in life, my music.