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2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Directed by
Stanley Nelson
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
The story
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
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Quincy JonesSelf - Musician
Wayne ShorterSelf - Musician
Tammy L. KernodleSelf - Musicologist
Juliette GrécoSelf - Singer
Vincent BessièresSelf - Writer
George WeinSelf - Jazz Promoter
Eugene RedmondSelf - East St. Louis Resident
Carlos SantanaSelf - Musician
Herbie HancockSelf - Musician
Marcus MillerSelf - Musician
Cortez McCoySelf - Friend
Sandra McCoySelf - Friend
Jack ChambersSelf - Historian
Frances DavisSelf - Dancer / 1st Wife
René UrtregerSelf - Musician
Joshua RedmanSelf - Musician
James MtumeSelf - Musician
Lenny WhiteSelf - Musician
Vince Wilburn Jr.Self - Nephew
Archie SheppSelf - Musician
Stanley CrouchSelf - Writer
Cheryl DavisSelf - Daughter
Ron CarterSelf - Musician
Clive DavisSelf - Columbia Records President
Marguerite CantúSelf - Friend
Erin DavisSelf - Son
Mark RothbaumSelf - Music Manager
Mike SternSelf - Musician
Mikel ElamSelf - Personal Assistant
Jo GelbardSelf - Painter
Wallace RoneySelf - Musician
Miles DavisSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Walter CronkiteSelf - Anchorman (archive footage)
Charlie ParkerSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Dizzy GillespieSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Thelonious MonkSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Johnny MathisSelf - Singer (archive footage)
Louis MalleSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jeanne MoreauSelf - Actress (archive footage)
John ColtraneSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Gil EvansSelf - Music Arranger (archive footage)
Tony WilliamsSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Betty DavisSelf - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage)
PrinceSelf - Musician (archive footage)
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