Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool w/ Bonus Montreux Blu-Ray/DVD

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool is a critically-acclaimed documentary about the famed trumpeter and bandleader, directed by the respected documentarian Stanley Nelson, who previously helmed the three-time Emmy-winning Freedom Riders, among many others. In making the film, Nelson had full access to the Miles Davis estate, and Birth of the Cool contains some never-before-seen footage, along with studio outtakes from recording sessions and interviews with such luminaries as Quincy Jones, Carlos Santana, Clive Davis, Wayne Shorter, and Ron Carter. 

The central theme of Miles Davis's life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his own terms. It made him a star—it also made him incredibly difficult to live with, for the people who loved him most. Again and again, in music and in life, Miles broke with convention—and when he thought his work came to represent a new convention, he changed it again. Miles's bold disregard for tradition, his clarity of vision, his relentless drive, and constant thirst for new experiences made him an inspiring collaborator to fellow musicians and a cultural icon to generations of listeners. It made him an innovator in music—from bebop to “cool jazz,” modern quintets, orchestral music, jazz fusion, rock ‘n’ roll, and even hip-hop.

Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart.

DVD1:
1. Main feature
2. Early Life 
3. 52nd Street/Birth of the Cool 
4. Paris, 1949/Juliette Greco 
5. The Newport Jazz Festival/Ballads 
6. Miles Voice/Attitude/Prestige 
7. Frances Taylor/Elevator to the Gallows 
8. Kind of Blue 
9. The Legend, The Icon 
10. Police Beating 
11. Miles & Gil/Someday My Prince Will Come 
12. Breakup With Frances 
13. The Second Quintet 
14. 1969 - A New Sound for a New Generation 
15. On The Corner 
16. Hiatus 
17. The Comeback 
18. Montreux, 1991 

BONUS DVD – ALL LIVE FROM MONTREUX
1. Ife 1973
2. Star People 1984 Afternoon
3. It Gets Better 1984 Afternoon
4. Hopscotch; Star On Cicely 1984 Afternoon
5. Lake Geneva 1984 Afternoon
6. Star People 1985 Evening
7. Hopscotch 1985 Evening