Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Release Date: 2019-08-23
Runtime: 115 min
Genre(s): documentary, History, Music
Director: Stanley Nelson
Producer(s): Nicole London, Stanley Nelson
Production Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Original Language: English
Overview:
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
Cast:
Archie Shepp, Ashley Kahn, Benjamin Cawthra, Betty Davis, Carl Lumbly, Carlos Santana, Charlie Parker, Cheryl Davis, Clive Davis, Cortez McCoy, Dan Morgenstern, Dizzy Gillespie, Erin Davis, Eugene Redmond, Farah Griffin, Frances Davis, George Wein, Gerald Early, Gil Evans, Greg Tate, Herbie Hancock, Jack Chambers, James Mtume, Jeanne Moreau, Jimmy Cobb, Jimmy Heath, Jo Gelbard, John Coltrane, Johnny Mathis, Joshua Redman, Juliette Gréco, Lee Annie Bonner, Lenny White, Louis Malle, Marcus Miller, Marguerite Cantú, Mark Rothbaum, Mike Stern, Mikel Elam, Miles Davis, Prince, Quincy Jones, Quincy Troupe, Reginald Petty, René Urtreger, Ron Carter, Sandra McCoy, Stanley Crouch, Tammy L. Kernodle, Thelonious Monk, Tony Williams, Vince Wilburn Jr., Vincent Bessières, Wallace Roney, Walter Cronkite, Wayne Shorter
Crew:
Yusuf Kapadia (Editor), Natasha Mottola (Editor), Steve Berkowitz (Music Consultant), Don Wyllie (Colorist), Javier Chorrillos (Assistant Editor), Benny Mouthon (Supervising Sound Editor), Benny Mouthon (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Brian Bracken (Sound Editor), Gautam Choudhury (Sound Recordist), Caleb Mose (Sound Recordist), Adriano Bravo (Sound Recordist), Brian Walker (Sound Recordist), Jean-Paul Guirado (Sound Recordist), Joe McGill (Sound Recordist), Redd Reynolds (Sound Recordist), Bill Streeter (Sound Recordist), Pearl Lieberman (Archival Footage Research), Cara Fitts (Archival Footage Research), Adam Barker (Executive Producer), Stanley Nelson (Director), Lewis Erskine (Editor), Stanley Nelson (Producer), Nicole London (Producer), Lauren Wimbush (Associate Producer), Babatunde Salaam (Production Assistant), Jarobi Moorhead (Production Assistant), Peter Worsely (Supervising Producer), Junko Tsunashima (Supervising Producer), Terry Shand (Executive Producer), Geoff Kempin (Executive Producer), Michael Kantor (Executive Producer), Melissa Morton Hicks (Production Manager), Henry Adebonojo (Director of Photography), Marc Gerke (Director of Photography), Clare Major (Director of Photography), Hervé Cohen (Director of Photography), Eric Coleman (Director of Photography), Antonio Rossi (Director of Photography), Mead Hunt (Director of Photography), Jerry Henry (Director of Photography)