Documentary on the life, development, and influences on Miles Davis. Includes words and music by: Roy Porter, Andrew White, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Walter Bishop, Clayton Riley, Gerry Mulligan, Prophet Jennings, Ira Gitler, Dan Morgenstern, Walter Davis Jr., Art Davis, Martin Williams, Ishmael Reed, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie.|MILES DAVIS, NEW YORK TO PARIS AND BACK : 1946-1956. - SERIES: Miles Davis radio project| no. 2 Documentary on the life, development, and influences on Miles Davis. Includes words and music by: Roy Porter, Andrew White, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Walter Bishop, Clayton Riley, Gerry Mulligan, Prophet Jennings, Ira Gitler, Dan Morgenstern, Walter Davis Jr., Art Davis, Martin Williams, Ishmael Reed, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie. - CONTENT: Playing with Charlie Parker -- His success in Paris -- Birth of the Cool -- addiction to heroin -- Cabaret laws -- Thelonious Monk -- breaking the drug habbit -- The Great Quintet : Coltrane, Jones, Garland, Chambers and Davis. - BROADCAST: Satellite, 26 Sept. 1990.
pt.1. Playing with Charlie Parker -- pt.2. His success in Paris -- pt.3. Birth of the Cool -- pt.4. Addiction to heroin -- pt.5. Cabaret laws -- pt.6. Thelonious Monk -- pt.7. Breaking the drug habbit -- pt.8. The Great Quintet : Coltrane, Jones, Garland, Chambers and Davis.