Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool is a 2019 American documentary film about Miles Davis, directed by Stanley Nelson Jr.[4][5][6][7]
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| Directed by | Stanley Nelson Jr. |
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| Narrated by | Carl Lumbly[2] |
| Edited by | Lewis Erskine[1] |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Language | English |
Production
editThe film was made for the PBS American Masters television series[8] and premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.[9][10] It uses interviews that Nelson has done with people who knew Davis, and with scholars, as well as still photographs and film clips. The text of the voice-over narration (performed by Carl Lumbly) is entirely by Davis.[8]
Accolades
editThe film won two Emmy Awards in 2021 for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary and Outstanding Sound.[11] It was also nominated for Best Music Film at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2019, but lost to Beyoncé's Homecoming.
Cast
edit- Carl Lumbly (as Miles Davis; narrator)
- Miles Davis (as self; archive footage)
- Frances Taylor Davis (as self)
- Reginald Petty (as self)
- Quincy Troupe (as self)
- Farah Griffin (as self)
- Lee Annie Bonner (as self)
- Ashley Kahn (as self)
- Benjamin Cawthra (as self)
- Billy Eckstine (as self; archive footage)
- Walter Cronkite (as self; archive footage)
- Jimmy Heath (as self)
- Jimmy Cobb (as self)
- Dan Morgenstern (as self)
- Charlie Parker (as self; archive footage)
- Greg Tate (as self)
- Gerald Early (as self)
- Quincy Jones (as self)
- Wayne Shorter (as self)
- Ron Carter (as self)
- George Wein (as self)
- Stanley Crouch (as self)
- Herbie Hancock (as self)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool". Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ "Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool - the film". Jazz Journal. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (19 February 2020). "'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool': PBS Shares New Trailer, Clip for Doc". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ "'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool' Review: A Complicated Artist". The New York Times. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ Chiu, David. "'Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool' Documentary Explores The Life And Career Of A Musical Trailblazer". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ "Review: Miles Davis biopic, Birth of the Cool". Jazzwise. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ Allen, Nick. "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool movie review (2019)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ a b "Review: "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool" and the Problem of the Archive". The New Yorker. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ DeFore, John (28 January 2019). "'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool': Sundance 2019 Film Review". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ Gleiberman, Owen (31 January 2019). "Sundance Film Review: 'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool'". Variety. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ Grein, Paul (2021-09-30). "'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool' Doc Wins 2 Emmy Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-07-05.