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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

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Freddie Hubbard

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Gil Mellé

Herbie Hancock

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Herbie Hancock

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Horace Silver

Carlos Santana

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Carlos Santana

Johnny Griffin

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Johnny Griffin

Bertrand Tavernier

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Bertrand Tavernier

Ron Carter

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Ron Carter

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Maurice Cullaz

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Ruth Lion

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Hans Borgelt

Taj Mahal

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Taj Mahal