Discover the man behind the legend. With full access to the Miles Davis Estate, the film features never-before-seen footage, including studio outtakes from his recording sessions, rare photos and ...

As the new documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool makes clear, Davis was not a nice man. But his talent for the trumpet was magical.

Discover the man behind the legend with never-before-seen footage and rare photos. Discover the man behind the legend. With full access to the Miles Davis Estate, the film features never-before ...

Watch a clip from the documentary "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool," directed by Stanley Nelson. Photo: Abramorama / Eagle Rock The opening of Stanley Nelson’s “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool ...

Miles Davis was a genius. Miles Davis was also a bona fide jerk. Then again, he was a genius. That genius is on full display in the documentary “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool,” a well-made ...

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 12, 2019, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Follow the Clues of Miles Davis’s Final Act.

Anthony Barboza/Getty Images Betty Davis, the cult funk singer and ex-wife of jazz legend Miles Davis who left an underappreciated yet trailblazing body of work, died Wednesday at the age of 77.