Listen to so what, blue in green and more from miles davis. Louis, move to new york, enroll at juilliard, join charlie. Miles ahead trailer stars don cheadle as jazz legend miles davis feb 2, 2016. Bags groove 1957 in the end, miles davis would fascinate jazz, rock and classical fans alike. Hes regarded as one of the most innovative, influential and. Don cheadle directed and stars in miles ahead as the jazz trumpeter miles davis, a project he had been involved in for years. Other jazz artists, of course, became legends charlie parker, john coltran. Miles ahead is a wildly entertaining and moving exploration of one of 20th century musics creative geniuses, miles davis, featuring a career. Don cheadle stars and makes his directorial debut in miles ahead, a biopic based on the life of legendary musician. Cheadle veered away from giving a complete overview of davis life.
The chronological arc of miles davis life, thats been done, he said. When miles davis crashed his lamborghini, i was there in 1972, miles davis wrecked his cokefilled miura and broke both his legs. Birth of the cool, playing in premieres at the 2019 sundance film festival. With george clinton, marcus miller, jimmy heath, benny rietveld. An exploration of the life and music of miles davis. Miles davis birth of the cool theatrical trailer youtube. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. With jimmy cobb, shirley horn, frances davis, clark terry. Miles davis news, breaking stories, videos and commentary. Choose from miles davis sheet music for such popular songs as so what, all blues, and nardis. In the first 20 minutes of the terrific new documentary miles davis. But in the 1940s he had been a teenage trumpet hopeful partnering charlie parker and. Megan burke chats with erin davis and vincent wilburn about the birth of cool during sundance 2019. The faux objectivity in stanley nelsons miles davis.
Miles davis, famous jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader, was born 26 may 1926 in alton, illinois. Birth of the cool miles davis film sundance 2019 youtube. Miles davis is the one jazz figure of the postwar era who had, and still has, the largerthanlife quality of a pop star. The miles davis story is a remarkable, indepth look at one of the most influential figures in jazz, from the birth of the cool to his collaborations with legendary pianist. Birth of the cool creates a sealedoff sense of observation. Don cheadle on becoming miles davis the new york times. With don cheadle, emayatzy corinealdi, ewan mcgregor, michael stuhlbarg.
I use the term biopic loosely for this movie because its a biopic that is as unconventional as its. Miles ahead 2016 stream and watch online moviefone. Louis malles elevator to the gallows, and its historic. With full access to the miles davis estate, the film features neverbeforeseen footage, including studio outtakes from his recording sessions, rare photos and. Released april 1st, 2016, miles ahead stars don cheadle, ewan mcgregor, emayatzy corinealdi, keith stanfield the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of 64 out of. When i heard that miles ahead, the biopic about miles davis starring and directed by don cheadle, would be set in the late nineteenseventies, when davis had stopped performing in public. When miles davis crashed his lamborghini, i was there. Miles ahead is a wildly entertaining and moving exploration of one of 20th. Birth of the cool, we see the jazz legend grow up in st. Miles ahead is a biopic starring don cheadle as famous social music trumpeter miles davis. Jeanne moreau and miles davis during the recording of the music for louis malles film elevator to the gallows, in december, 1957. Paul international film festival for tickets and info. Miles dewey davis was born on may 26, 1926, to an affluent african american family in alton, illinois.
Hot docs has received filmmaker permission to upload this trailer to the hotdocsfest youtube channel. With full access to the miles davis estate, the film features neverbeforeseen footage, including studio outtakes from his recording sessions, rare photos and new interviews. Miles davis assaulted by police from the miles davis story. Bret primack, aka the jazz video guy, offers some thoughts on the miles davis biopic written and directed by don cheadle.
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