Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool - A 100th Birthday Celebration
Part of the Onscreen, Onstage FIlm Series
SCREENING INFORMATION
| 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA 18015
*Ages 25 and under & senior discounts apply at the box office only.
| Price | Seniors 60+ and ages 25 & under* | ArtsQuest Member | |
| Regular | $15 | $13 | $12 |
| Half Off Tuesdays | On Tuesdays, tickets are 50% off all day long | ||
*Ages 25 and under & senior discounts apply at the box office only.
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Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool - A 100th Birthday Celebration
2019 | NR | 1 hr 55 mins
Directed by: Stanley Nelson Jr.
Narrated by: Carl Lumbly
Featuring: Miles Davis
This screening will kick off a live tribute to Miles Davis, featuring keyboardist Hector Rodrigues alongside trumpet player Joe Mercado, performing a set of his iconic works before the screening.
Who doesn’t love an early birthday?! Join us at the FBAC with a screening of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as we celebrate the music pioneer’s 100th birthday.
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.
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. For the people who loved him most, it also made him incredibly difficult to live with. 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.
Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, studio outtakes, and rare photos, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool tells the story of a truly singular talent and unpacks the man behind the horn.