"You don't know Miles"

2019

1h 55m

7.2(92 votes)

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History

Music

Overview

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

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56 members

Acting

Carl Lumbly

Miles Davis (voice)

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Reginald Petty

Self - East St. Louis Resident

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Writing

Quincy Troupe

Self - Writer

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Farah Griffin

Self - Writer

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Lee Annie Bonner

Self - Childhood Friend

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Ashley Kahn

Self - Writer

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Benjamin Cawthra

Self - Historian

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Jimmy Heath

Self - Musician

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Jimmy Cobb

Self - Musician

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Dan Morgenstern

Self - Writer

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Greg Tate

Self - Writer

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Gerald Early

Self - Writer

Sound

Quincy Jones

Self - Musician

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Wayne Shorter

Self - Musician

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Tammy L. Kernodle

Self - Musicologist

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Juliette Gréco

Self - Singer

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Vincent Bessières

Self - Writer

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George Wein

Self - Jazz Promoter

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Eugene Redmond

Self - East St. Louis Resident

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Carlos Santana

Self - Musician

Sound

Herbie Hancock

Self - Musician

Sound

Marcus Miller

Self - Musician

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Cortez McCoy

Self - Friend

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Sandra McCoy

Self - Friend

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Jack Chambers

Self - Historian

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Frances Davis

Self - Dancer / 1st Wife

Sound

René Urtreger

Self - Musician

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Joshua Redman

Self - Musician

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James Mtume

Self - Musician

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Lenny White

Self - Musician

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Vince Wilburn Jr.

Self - Nephew

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Archie Shepp

Self - Musician

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Stanley Crouch

Self - Writer

Production

Cheryl Davis

Self - Daughter

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Ron Carter

Self - Musician

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Clive Davis

Self - Columbia Records President

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Marguerite Cantú

Self - Friend

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Production

Erin Davis

Self - Son

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Mark Rothbaum

Self - Music Manager

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Mike Stern

Self - Musician

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Mikel Elam

Self - Personal Assistant

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Jo Gelbard

Self - Painter

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Wallace Roney

Self - Musician

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Miles Davis

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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Walter Cronkite

Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

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Charlie Parker

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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Dizzy Gillespie

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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Thelonious Monk

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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Johnny Mathis

Self - Singer (archive footage)

Directing

Louis Malle

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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Jeanne Moreau

Self - Actress (archive footage)

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John Coltrane

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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Gil Evans

Self - Music Arranger (archive footage)

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Tony Williams

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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Betty Davis

Self - Singer / 2nd Wife (archive footage)

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Prince

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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