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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Now, I was starting to thinkabout other ways I could approach the music

Now, I was starting to think
about other ways I could approach the music

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Now, I was starting to think about other ways
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I could approach the music.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:24:14
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 went into the studio in August of 1969. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
I went into the studio in August of 1969.
[White] Miles had said to be at Columbia Studios at ten o'clock. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[White] Miles had said to be at Columbia Studios at ten o�...
I was there at 9:30. The cleaning lady let me in. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I was there at 9:30. The cleaning lady let me in.
[Miles] I brought in these musical sketches that nobody had seen, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Miles] I brought in these musical sketches that nobody had ...
I told the musicians that they could do anything they wanted... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I told the musicians that they could do anything they wanted...
Play anything they heard, so, that's what they did. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Play anything they heard, so, that's what they did.
[White] There were four percussion players playing at the same time, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
[White] There were four percussion players playing at the sa...
It was a great, massive improvisation. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
It was a great, massive improvisation.
And we went over the first part of Bitches Brew. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And we went over the first part of Bitches Brew.
[sings melody] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[sings melody]
[cymbals crash] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[cymbals crash]
[Santana] You hear Miles's trumpet bouncing against the buildings - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[Santana] You hear Miles's trumpet bouncing against the...
[sings trumpet melody] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[sings trumpet melody]
[music: "Pharaoh's Dance"] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[music: "Pharaoh's Dance"]
You know, it's like something getting ready to happen. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
You know, it's like something getting ready to happen.
[sings melody] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[sings melody]
Moving like an amoeba that just moved along... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Moving like an amoeba that just moved along...
And it did like this and then, like, you know, something would stick out. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And it did like this and then, like, you know, something wou...
But, like, it was like this whole thing just moved like this, together. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
But, like, it was like this whole thing just moved like this...
I had the jazz station on and the guy was like: - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
I had the jazz station on and the guy was like: