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[Rothbaum] I remember going up to Harlem
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

I remember going up to Harlem and there would be a womanin the car with us

[Rothbaum] I remember going up to Harlem and there would be a woman
in the car with us

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[Rothbaum] I remember going up to Harlem
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and there would be a woman in the car with us.
Duration
5 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
01:35:21
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.
She'd be sitting next to me - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:14
She'd be sitting next to me
There would be cocaine smudges on his face - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
There would be cocaine smudges on his face
He would kind of nudge me over, and he'd say: "You fucked her." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:16
He would kind of nudge me over, and he'd say: "You...
I said: "All right. I fucked her on the hood. Can we go?" - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
I said: "All right. I fucked her on the hood. Can we go...
He needed money and we'd lend him some money, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
He needed money and we'd lend him some money,
Whatever the case, we left there one day and I said to Marie... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Whatever the case, we left there one day and I said to Marie...
I said, "I think that's the end. There's no way he can come back from this." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:16
I said, "I think that's the end. There's no w...
She had been dropping by throughout all of this, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
She had been dropping by throughout all of this,
[Early] He was in terrifically bad health in those years. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Early] He was in terrifically bad health in those years.
It was thought by many people, he was in such bad shape - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
It was thought by many people, he was in such bad shape
[Kernodle] Cicely inspires him to see once again - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Kernodle] Cicely inspires him to see once again
That his creativity... his creative voice, he has not reached his creative peak. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
That his creativity... his creative voice, he has not reache...
She kind of protected me and started seeing - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
She kind of protected me and started seeing
She would feed me health foods, a lot of vegetables - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
She would feed me health foods, a lot of vegetables
He was running up and down the beach and trying to be a vegetarian... [laughs] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
He was running up and down the beach and trying to be a vege...
Miles would say: "Come by the house. Pick me up, man. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Miles would say: "Come by the house. Pick me up, man.
Just let me smell the smells and then get me a hot link sandwich." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:14
Just let me smell the smells and then get me a hot link sand...
To kick drugs, to play again, to handle the public... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
To kick drugs, to play again, to handle the public...
To handle the touring, to handle the critics... to live. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
To handle the touring, to handle the critics... to live.
[Miles] From 1975 until early 1980, I didn't pick up my horn. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Miles] From 1975 until early 1980, I didn't pick up my...