The Miles Davis Story
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Movie Reviews of The Miles Davis Story
Movie Review: The title says it all!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD is amazing, offers an insight to Miles' career and personal life, from the people who lived and worked with him and of course from Miles himself. For all of those who might have read books on Miles' life, this DVD will not give you so much new information and facts, but what this DVD will do, is to offer you plenty of visualizations on things you might have read or heard. This DVD though, as the title explicitly states is THE MILES DAVIS STORY and not Miles Davis Live In ...... , or whatever else, so I dont unserstand how some people were expecting live performances. This is a documentary and not a concert. What you see is what you get.
I really think that this is a great documentary, and everybody who wants to think of him/herself as a serious Jazz fan should realy own this DVD.
Five stars without hesitation.
Movie Review: This is a great biographic documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
Many below have complained of the lack of performance footage. There are some samplings from each phase of Miles' muscial career, however this is not meant to be a concert film. This is great documentary film making with interviews from numerous musicians, friends, family,lovers , etc that really gets to the essence of who Miles Davis was and most importantly shows clearly the influence this man had on jazz music in the second half of the 20th century. The testimony of so many jazz greats speaks for itself. Miles Davis' life was remarkable in many aspects and is certainly deserving of this type of treatment. I thoroughly enjoyed this and am happy to own a copy. Miles' recordings are there for the listening. This film enhances my understanding of the individual responsible for some of the best music ever created.Movie Review: MILES AHEAD OF THE REST
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed watching this documentary on Miles. It gave me more insight on the man and his love of music. Very eccentric, sometimes mean.Probably misunderstood but it all envelopes him and made him the man he became. Anyone that loved Miles Davis this is a must buy to get a better understanding of why he would play live shows with his back to the audience. Clever he is in my opinion. What also blew me away is how he worked with most of the modern jazz musicians we see today such as, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Chick Correa, Keith Jarrett, the list goes on. Miles never ending struggle to reach new boundaries with his horn is inspiring. Miles, a true musician that never wanted be pigeon-holed in one style or genre of music.Movie Review: Jazz fan essential
Summary: 5 Stars
An absolute must have if you are a fan of Miles Davis or a serious jazz fan! Miles is my favorite musician hands down. He has been since I discovered him in high school (over 40 years ago). I learned things watching this DVD that I had not known previously. Most interesting were the insights and anecdotes provided by family, colleagues and proteges. Most notably those of Francis Taylor, John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock.
Totally worth owning as you will enjoy watching it over and over as well as sharing it with friends. Even if you don't consider yourself a serious jazz fan, it will increase you appreciation of the musician(s), the genre as well as art and artists in general.
Movie Review: That's Fantastic ! A documentary, not a Performance!
Summary: 5 Stars
Some people below are complaining about this title.
Indeed they didn't understand this is not a Miles Davis Show, it's a documentary about his life. And I have seen tons of documentaries in my life. I have to say this one is a Masterpiece! It shows Miles as he really was: A misterious man. The guys who made this film, got the incredible insight about showing the man Miles Davis without destroying his Magic. Miles would be very satisfied. You end with the magic in the air still. You can see this documentary a hundred times and the mistery is the same.
This is Miles Davis. Enigmatic, a singularity of Music.
It deserves 10 stars!