“WNET Up Next” Takes Show on the Road to The Apollo Theater

Miles Davis, Round
Midnight Recording Session. June 1956. Photo: Don Hunstein/Sony Music Archives.

Updated January 31, 2022.

In conjunction with the broadcast premiere of American Masters‘ presentation of Stanley Nelson’s film Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool in 2020, WNET Up Next paid a visit to New York’s famed Apollo Theater. During an Apollo Open House “Celebration of Cool,” the film had a preview screening followed by a panel discussion led by the anchor/host of WBGO-FM’s Newark Today and NJ Spotlight News correspondent Michael Hill (now WNYC’s Morning Edition host). Participants included filmmaker Stanley Nelson and a group of musicians and associates of Miles including Keyon Harrold, James Mtume, Angeleisha L. Rogers and Davis’ nephew, drummer Vince Wilburn.

The panelists reflected on their associations with Miles Davis and the film, which had its nationwide broadcast premiere on PBS on February 25, 2020. The film is now available for streaming via the American Masters website (pbs.org/milesdavis) and the THIRTEEN Explore app (thirteen.org/explore). The conversation also continues on social media by using the hashtag #MilesDavisPBS.

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Recorded: February 1, 2020 at the Apollo Theater

Editor – Samantha Lobo

Audio Engineering – Josh Broome

Producer/Host – Tom Stewart

Executive Producer – Daena McBride

Special Thanks: Mary Burke, Director of WNET Public Programs and Community Engagement

WNET UP NEXT is a presentation of the Design, On Air Promotion, Fundraising and Traffic Department of The WNET Group.

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