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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, studio outtakes and rare photos, this film tells the story of a truly singular talent and unpacks the music and the myth of the man behind the horn.
Miles Davis - horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart.
The central theme of Miles Davis's life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his own terms. It made him a star. It also made him incredibly difficult to live with for the people who loved him most. Again and again, in music and in life, Miles broke with convention - and when he thought his work came to represent a new convention, he changed it again. Miles's bold disregard for tradition, his clarity of vision, his relentless drive and constant thirst for new experiences made him an inspiring collaborator to fellow musicians and a cultural icon to generations of listeners. It made him an innovator in music - from bebop to cool jazz, modern quintets, orchestral music, jazz fusion, rock ‘n’ roll and even hip-hop.
Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, studio outtakes and rare photos, this film tells the story of a truly singular talent and unpacks the music and the myth of the man behind the horn.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:02
Miles Davis Quintet
Paraphernalia
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00:07
Miles Davis, Charlie Parker All Stars, Charlie Parker & His All-Stars
Donna Lee (Album Version)
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00:11
Charlie Parker Quintet
Dewey Square
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00:12
Miles Davis
Boplicity
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00:13
Miles Davis
Moon Dreams
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00:14
Miles Davis
Move
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00:15
Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Tadd Dameron Quintet
Rifftide (Album Version)
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00:21
Miles Davis
White
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00:24
Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis
'Round Midnight (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Ri - July 1955)
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00:26
Miles Davis Quintet
It Never Entered My Mind
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00:30
Miles Davis
Stella By Starlight (Album Version)
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00:31
Miles Davis Quintet
If I Were A Bell
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00:35
Miles Davis Quintet
You're My Everything
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00:37
Miles Davis Quintet
Tune Up/When Lights Are Low
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00:37
Miles Davis
Chez Le Photographe
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00:39
Miles Davis
Generique
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00:40
Miles Davis
Au Bar Du Petit Bac (Mono Version)
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00:41
Miles Davis Sextet
So What - Original
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00:46
Miles Davis Sextet
On Green Dolphin Street
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00:52
Miles Davis
Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Master)
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00:55
Miles Davis
Agitation
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00:57
Miles Davis
Blue In Green
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01:01
Gil Evans, Miles Davis
Saeta
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01:03
Adriana Caselotti
Some Day My Prince Will Come
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01:05
Tucker Smith, Unknown Ensemble
Cool
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01:18
Miles Davis
Footprints (Master Take)
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01:20
The Barâ€Kays
Coldblooded
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01:23
Miles Davis
Stuff (Album Version)
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01:29
Miles Davis
Black Satin
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01:02
Miles Davis, Gil Evans
The Pan Piper (Album Version)
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01:31
Miles Davis Group
Spanish Key
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01:44
Miles Davis
Perfect Way
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01:48
Miles Davis
Solea
Music Arranger: Gil Evans. -
01:50
Miles Davis Sextet
Flamenco Sketches
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Stanley Nelson |
Featured Artist | Miles Davis |
Producer | Nicole London |
Broadcasts
- Sat 14 Mar 2020 21:00
- Fri 20 Nov 2020 22:35
- Sat 30 Apr 2022 22:00±«Óãtv Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
- Sat 30 Apr 2022 22:30±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
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