Top Billed Cast

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
Jimmy Cobb
Self - Musician
Dan Morgenstern
Self - Writer
Greg Tate
Self - Writer
Gerald Early
Self - Writer
Quincy Jones
Self - Musician
Wayne Shorter
Self - Musician
Tammy L. Kernodle
Self - Musicologist
Juliette Gréco
Self - Singer
Vincent Bessières
Self - Writer
George Wein
Self - Jazz Promoter
Eugene Redmond
Self - East St. Louis Resident
Carlos Santana
Self - Musician
Herbie Hancock
Self - Musician
Marcus Miller
Self - Musician
Cortez McCoy
Self - Friend
Sandra McCoy
Self - Friend
Jack Chambers
Self - Historian
Frances Davis
Self - Dancer / 1st Wife
René Urtreger
Self - Musician
Joshua Redman
Self - Musician
James Mtume
Self - Musician
Lenny White
Self - Musician
Vince Wilburn Jr.
Self - Nephew
Archie Shepp
Self - Musician
Stanley Crouch
Self - Writer
Cheryl Davis
Self - Daughter
Ron Carter
Self - Musician
Clive Davis
Self - Columbia Records President
Marguerite Cantú
Self - Friend
Erin Davis
Self - Son
Mark Rothbaum
Self - Music Manager
Mike Stern
Self - Musician
Mikel Elam
Self - Personal Assistant
Jo Gelbard
Self - Painter
Wallace Roney
Self - Musician
Miles Davis
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Charlie Parker
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Thelonious Monk
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Johnny Mathis
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Louis Malle
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau
Self - Actress (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Gil Evans
Self - Music Arranger (archive footage)
Tony Williams
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Betty Davis
Self - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Prince
Self - Musician (archive footage)

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A review by SWITCH.

Written by SWITCH. on Tue Jun 04 2019

Stanley Nelson combines the man and his music to give us an intimate portrait of how one mind shaped popular culture, armed only with a well-manipulated trumpet and some smooth musical notes. ‘Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool’ humanises a musical genius and ends up giving us an engrossing, hilarious, informative and heartbreaking look at the Miles Davis that music fans thought they knew. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-miles-davis-birth-of-the-cool-the-man-behind-the-jazz-legend Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more S...