Horn player. Bandleader. Innovator. Elegant and intellectual, magnificent and mercurial — Miles Davis was the very embodiment of cool, a man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart.
The central theme of his life was a restless determination to break boundaries and live entirely on his own terms. Again and again, in music and in life, Miles broke with convention — and when his own work became the new convention, he changed it again. From bebop to cool jazz, modern quintets and orchestral music, jazz fusion and beyond, his bold clarity of vision and relentless thirst for new experience made him an inspiring collaborator, a transformative force, and a cultural icon to generations of listeners.
Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, studio outtakes, and rare photographs, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool tells the story of a truly singular talent — unpacking the music and the myth of the man behind the horn.
