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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

Oct 1, 1997
1h 53m
★ 7.2

It must schwing!

Overview

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label that was home to such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins. Blue Note, the most successful movie ever made about jazz, is a testimony to the passion and vision of these two men and certainly swings like the propulsive sounds that made their label so famous.

Genres

Documentary
Music

Production Companies

ARTE
Danmarks Radio (DR)
EuroArts

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Cast

Freddie Hubbard

Self

Freddie Hubbard

Gil Mellé

Self

Gil Mellé

Herbie Hancock

Self

Herbie Hancock

Horace Silver

Self

Horace Silver

Carlos Santana

Self

Carlos Santana

Johnny Griffin

Self

Johnny Griffin

Bertrand Tavernier

Self

Bertrand Tavernier

Ron Carter

Self

Ron Carter

Maurice Cullaz

Self

Maurice Cullaz

Ruth Lion

Self - Alfred's wife

Ruth Lion

Hans Borgelt

Self - Historian

Hans Borgelt

Taj Mahal

Self

Taj Mahal

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