Documentary History Music
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
Directed by
Stanley Nelson
Carl Lumbly
Miles Davis (voice)
Ron Carter
Self - Musician
Gil Evans
Self - Music Arranger (archive footage)
Wayne Shorter
Self - Musician
Stanley Crouch
Self - Writer
Jeanne Moreau
Self - Actress (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Reginald Petty
Self - East St. Louis Resident
Jimmy Heath
Self - Musician
Ashley Kahn
Self - Writer
Prince
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Carlos Santana
Self - Musician
Juliette Gréco
Self - Singer
Johnny Mathis
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Clive Davis
Self - Columbia Records President
Frances Davis
Self - Dancer / 1st Wife
Miles Davis
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Joshua Redman
Self - Musician
Betty Davis
Self - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Jimmy Cobb
Self - Musician
Farah Griffin
Self - Writer
Mike Stern
Self - Musician
Archie Shepp
Self - Musician
George Wein
Self - Jazz Promoter
Thelonious Monk
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Lenny White
Self - Musician
Vince Wilburn Jr.
Self - Nephew
Charlie Parker
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Greg Tate
Self - Writer
Steve Berkowitz
Gerald Early
Self - Writer
Cheryl Davis
Self - Daughter
Benjamin Cawthra
Self - Historian
Marguerite Cantú
Self - Friend
Tammy L. Kernodle
Self - Musicologist
Wallace Roney
Self - Musician
James Mtume
Self - Musician
Dan Morgenstern
Self - Writer
Jack Chambers
Self - Historian
Vincent Bessières
Self - Writer
Eugene Redmond
Self - East St. Louis Resident
Tony Williams
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Cortez McCoy
Self - Friend
Mikel Elam
Self - Personal Assistant
Jo Gelbard
Self - Painter
Lee Annie Bonner
Self - Childhood Friend
Sandra McCoy
Self - Friend

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