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(fast-paced jazz music)

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(slow-paced jazz music)

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(slow-paced piano music)

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(fast-paced jazz music)

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- [Voiceover] A Leica
is his instrument,

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which is added to the
instrument of his musicians.

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Guy Le Querrec,
French photographer,

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is certainly the person
who has best known

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how to translate
jazz into images.

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His photos follow a syncopated
flow like his music,

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passing from day to night
among dressing rooms,

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box seats, and
indecipherable places.

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Self-taught and a
maestro, two strong

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identities coexisting
in his production,

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all of which is marked by
a distinct humanistic vein

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that has led him out of the
jazz environment to explore

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peoples, who even today,
preserve their authenticity.

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(camera clicking)

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(slow-paced strings music)

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(fast-paced jazz music)

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(slow-paced jazz music)

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- [Voiceover] Music and life are

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matters of style
for Miles Davis.

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It will be this African-American
jazz artist who,

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more than any other,
will influence the

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musical language of
the 20th century.

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Eclectic, controversial,
an instigator,

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but above all, charismatic.

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In the 1950s, he will conquer
the international scene,

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intensifying arrangements
with his cool jazz,

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but then move on to
the experimentation,

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which will lead him to write
the modern jazz of the 1960s.

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Each of his albums
marks a fundamental

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milestone in his musical genre.

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His fame will reach
levels which had

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been reserved only
for rockstars.

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(slow-paced jazz music)

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- [Voiceover] Guy's
life is concentrated

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in his contact sheets,
preserved with the same care

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he uses in the
preparation of his works.

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Each photo reportage
reflects his vision of life.

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The same respect, which
emerges from his portraits

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of musicians, can be found in
the subjects of his journeys.

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Lean, impeccable images
in a balance between

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instinct, improvisation,
and technique.

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(slow-paced jazz music)

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- [Voiceover] Narrating
the life of Miles Davis

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through images will
be a privilege of few.

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Guy Le Querrec will follow
him from his own first photos,

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when his career
as a photographer

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was still just
starting to take shape.

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He will follow him
in performances

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where Miles couples instruments

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which had never before
appeared on the jazz scene,

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coming then to
electronic modulations.

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Miles Davis will interpose
his career with moments of

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oblivion, reflection,
and drifting,

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to then astonish at his
every return to the stage.

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(slow-paced jazz music)

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(slow-paced strings music)

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(reflective piano music)