Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)

Directed by Julian Benedikt, Andreas Morell

“It must schwing!”

Documentary, Music · 1h 53m

"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.

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Cast

F
Freddie Hubbard Self
G
Gil Mellé Self Herbie Hancock Self
H
Horace Silver Self Carlos Santana Self Johnny Griffin Self Bertrand Tavernier Self Ron Carter Self
M
Maurice Cullaz Self
R
Ruth Lion Self - Alfred's wife
H
Hans Borgelt Self - Historian Taj Mahal Self

Crew

Director
Julian Benedikt, Andreas Morell
Writer
Andreas Morell
Director of Photography
William Rexer, Georg Steinweh
Editor
Andrew Hulme
Producer
Michael Krause, Ulli Pfau

Details

Release date
1997-10-01
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
German, French, English
Production
ARTE, Danmarks Radio (DR), EuroArts