Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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From bebop to fusion, Miles Davis reinvented music and himself repeatedly, becoming the coolest and most uncompromising artist in American jazz history.
Why watch: Won two Emmys. The narration is entirely in Davis's own words.
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Cast
Carl Lumbly as Miles Davis (voice)
Reginald Petty as Self - East St. Louis Resident
Quincy Troupe as Self - Writer
Farah Griffin as Self - Writer
Lee Annie Bonner as Self - Childhood Friend
Ashley Kahn as Self - Writer
Benjamin Cawthra as Self - Historian
Jimmy Heath as Self - Musician
Jimmy Cobb as Self - Musician
Dan Morgenstern as Self - Writer
Greg Tate as Self - Writer
Gerald Early as Self - Writer
Quincy Jones as Self - Musician
Wayne Shorter as Self - Musician
Tammy L. Kernodle as Self - Musicologist
Crew
Stanley Nelson — Director
Adam Barker — Executive Producer
Stanley Nelson — Producer
Terry Shand — Executive Producer
Nicole London — Producer
Geoff Kempin — Executive Producer
Michael Kantor — Executive Producer
Mead Hunt — Director of Photography
Marc Gerke — Director of Photography
Eric Coleman — Director of Photography
Antonio Rossi — Director of Photography
Jerry Henry — Director of Photography
Henry Adebonojo — Director of Photography
Hervé Cohen — Director of Photography
Clare Major — Director of Photography
Yusuf Kapadia — Editor
Natasha Mottola — Editor
Lewis Erskine — Editor
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