Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

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).

Documentary History Music

Carl Lumbly

(Miles Davis (voice))

Reginald Petty

(Self - East St. Louis Resident)

Quincy Troupe

(Self - Writer)

Farah Griffin

(Self - Writer)

Lee Annie Bonner

(Self - Childhood Friend)

Ashley Kahn

(Self - Writer)

Benjamin Cawthra

(Self - Historian)

Jimmy Heath

(Self - Musician)

Jimmy Cobb

(Self - Musician)

Dan Morgenstern

(Self - Writer)

Greg Tate

(Self - Writer)

Gerald Early

(Self - Writer)

Quincy Jones

(Self - Musician)

Wayne Shorter

(Self - Musician)

Tammy L. Kernodle

(Self - Musicologist)

Juliette Gréco

(Self - Singer)

Vincent Bessières

(Self - Writer)

George Wein

(Self - Jazz Promoter)

Eugene Redmond

(Self - East St. Louis Resident)

Carlos Santana

(Self - Musician)

Herbie Hancock

(Self - Musician)

Marcus Miller

(Self - Musician)

Cortez McCoy

(Self - Friend)

Sandra McCoy

(Self - Friend)

Jack Chambers

(Self - Historian)

Frances Davis

(Self - Dancer / 1st Wife)

René Urtreger

(Self - Musician)

Joshua Redman

(Self - Musician)

James Mtume

(Self - Musician)

Lenny White

(Self - Musician)

Vince Wilburn Jr.

(Self - Nephew)

Archie Shepp

(Self - Musician)

Stanley Crouch

(Self - Writer)

Cheryl Davis

(Self - Daughter)

Ron Carter

(Self - Musician)

Clive Davis

(Self - Columbia Records President)

Marguerite Cantú

(Self - Friend)

Erin Davis

(Self - Son)

Mark Rothbaum

(Self - Music Manager)

Mike Stern

(Self - Musician)

Mikel Elam

(Self - Personal Assistant)

Jo Gelbard

(Self - Painter)

Wallace Roney

(Self - Musician)

Miles Davis

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Walter Cronkite

(Self - Anchorman (archive footage))

Charlie Parker

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Dizzy Gillespie

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Thelonious Monk

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Johnny Mathis

(Self - Singer (archive footage))

Louis Malle

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

Jeanne Moreau

(Self - Actress (archive footage))

John Coltrane

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Gil Evans

(Self - Music Arranger (archive footage))

Tony Williams

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Betty Davis

(Self - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage))

Prince

(Self - Musician (archive footage))