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

"You don't know Miles"

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The average rating for this movie is 7.2


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Review by: SWITCH.

Stanley Nelson combines the man and his music to give us an intimate portrait of how one mind shaped popular culture, armed only with a well-manipulated trumpet and some smooth musical notes. ‘Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool’ humanises a musical genius and ends up giving us an engrossing, hilarious, informative and heartbreaking look at the Miles Davis that music fans thought they knew. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-miles-davis-birth-of-the-cool-the-man-behind-the-jazz-legend Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.

Reviewer rating: 8.0

Actors


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

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