Aug 23, 2019
115 min
Full-HD

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)

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

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

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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)

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Reginald Petty

Quincy Troupe

Farah Griffin

Lee Annie Bonner

Ashley Kahn

Benjamin Cawthra

Jimmy Heath