This was a jazz person's documentary, and I am not that. I have heard and read much about Miles Davis here and there. People like to attach themselves to famous personalities, and with Davis we see these in his diverse orbits. When he got down, they jumped off him like fleas, and when he got back up, they hopped back on. His accomplishments as a musician overwhelmed-truly this documentary established that Miles Davis was a unique force in music. The documentary showed directly if diffidently that as a father and a husband he was a flop; also, as a personality he was misanthropic, narcissistic and a materialist. The two of three wives interviewed established that about him and ironically, themselves. His last wife, Cicely Tyson, a superior artist in her own field, kept her observations to herself, and did not appear. One question not addressed in this documentary lingers with this viewer: Why did he return to the U. S. when his reception is Europe was so warm and appreciative? Other African-American artists did stay, why not Davis?