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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

  • 2019
  • 1h 55m
  • Documentary, History, Music
  • 7.1

You don't know Miles

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

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Storyline

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Cast

Carl LumblyMiles Davis (voice)
Reginald PettySelf - East St. Louis Resident
Quincy TroupeSelf - Writer
Farah GriffinSelf - Writer
Lee Annie BonnerSelf - Childhood Friend
Ashley KahnSelf - Writer
Benjamin CawthraSelf - Historian
Jimmy HeathSelf - Musician
Jimmy CobbSelf - Musician
Dan MorgensternSelf - Writer
Greg TateSelf - Writer
Gerald EarlySelf - Writer
Quincy JonesSelf - Musician
Wayne ShorterSelf - Musician
Tammy L. KernodleSelf - Musicologist
Juliette GrécoSelf - Singer

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