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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

So, when it was time for us to do it,I remember jumping in

So, when it was time for us to do it,
I remember jumping in

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So, when it was time for us to do it, I remember jumping in.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:47:12
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 remember him telling me: "Listen, if I ever went back to that old stuff, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
I remember him telling me: "Listen, if I ever went back...
He said: "When God punishes you, it's not that you..." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
He said: "When God punishes you, it's not that you...
You get everything that you want and there's no time left." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
You get everything that you want and there's no time le...
-[music out] -[crowd cheers] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
-[music out] -[crowd cheers]
[Gelbard] Miles went into the hospital, Labor Day weekend of 1991. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[Gelbard] Miles went into the hospital, Labor Day weekend of...
And I looked at him and he looked funny, like, still. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And I looked at him and he looked funny, like, still.
And then I looked up and a doctor came in to the door - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
And then I looked up and a doctor came in to the door
And then he beeped something and then another doctor came in - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And then he beeped something and then another doctor came in
And I was still sitting on the bed and he was blank. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And I was still sitting on the bed and he was blank.
I mean, he was breathing. I knew he didn't die. I mean, I didn't know... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I mean, he was breathing. I knew he didn't die. I mean,...
It was horrifying. And they're working on him - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:12
It was horrifying. And they're working on him
And they didn't even notice that I was on the bed, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And they didn't even notice that I was on the bed,
We're in the elevator and... you know, and they said: "He had a stroke." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
We're in the elevator and... you know, and they said: &...
[Santana] Deborah, my ex-wife, called me and she says: - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:12
[Santana] Deborah, my ex-wife, called me and she says:
[Cantu] I think Miles was definitely, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[Cantu] I think Miles was definitely,
He did things totally in a different way than everybody else. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
He did things totally in a different way than everybody else...
You have to be true to yourself. I think a lot of that was his philosophy. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
You have to be true to yourself. I think a lot of that was h...
How can someone come up with such beautiful music - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
How can someone come up with such beautiful music
I don't regret, I don't forget, but I still love. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
I don't regret, I don't forget, but I still love.
Who did dumb things and you accepted it. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Who did dumb things and you accepted it.