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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

We can't even questionthe sacred texts that we have, like, you know,I mean, why is the...

We can't even question
the sacred texts that we have, like, you know,
I mean, why is the Bible the Bible?

Full Transcript

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We can't even question the sacred texts that we have,
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like, you know, I mean, why is the Bible the Bible?
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:17
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
N/A

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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.
Like, it just is and it changed the sound of jazz. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Like, it just is and it changed the sound of jazz.
[Cobb] The cymbal crash at the start of "So What", I thought I had overdone it. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
[Cobb] The cymbal crash at the start of "So What",...
[cymbals crash] - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
[cymbals crash]
It's like you've hit the highway and the rest of the tune just takes off. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
It's like you've hit the highway and the rest of t...
On Kind of Blue, what he asked them to do was to think deeper - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
On Kind of Blue, what he asked them to do was to think deepe...
He said: "I have these few ideas. Let's go." - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:11
He said: "I have these few ideas. Let's go."
[Tate] Kind of Blue doesn't really give away his passion so easily, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Tate] Kind of Blue doesn't really give away his passio...
They show you how inventive and ingenious they can be - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
They show you how inventive and ingenious they can be
[Kernodle] Kind of Blue really signified - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:09
[Kernodle] Kind of Blue really signified
And, for Coltrane, that was the door he needed to find his own identity. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
And, for Coltrane, that was the door he needed to find his o...
Few people hear the potential in the young John Coltrane... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Few people hear the potential in the young John Coltrane...
But Miles brought him along and provided Coltrane the space - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
But Miles brought him along and provided Coltrane the space
Every decade, there's something. There's new people talking about Kind of Blue. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
Every decade, there's something. There's new peopl...
[Khan] You can listen hundreds of times, it always has something new to say. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Khan] You can listen hundreds of times, it always has somet...
And that, for me, is the definition of a masterpiece. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And that, for me, is the definition of a masterpiece.
[Cobb] I don't think Miles knew that that was gonna be a record - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
[Cobb] I don't think Miles knew that that was gonna be ...
If Miles thought that that was gonna be like that, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
If Miles thought that that was gonna be like that,
And he would've asked for two Ferraris outside right now. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
And he would've asked for two Ferraris outside right no...
If he thought anything like that was happening, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
If he thought anything like that was happening,
[Khan] Kind of Blue becomes successful immediately. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Khan] Kind of Blue becomes successful immediately.