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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
It must schwing!
7.2(8)19971h 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.
- Director
- Julian Benedikt,Andreas Morell
- Created by
- Bernd Hellthaler
- Writers
- Andreas Morell
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Cast
Freddie Hubbard
Self
Gil Mellé
Self

Herbie Hancock
Self
Horace Silver
Self

Carlos Santana
Self

Johnny Griffin
Self

Bertrand Tavernier
Self

Ron Carter
Self
Maurice Cullaz
Self
Ruth Lion
Self - Alfred's wife
Hans Borgelt
Self - Historian

Taj Mahal
Self
Joe Chambers
Self
Bobby Hutcherson
Self
Bob Cranshaw
Self
J.J. Johnson
Self

Brigitte Mira
Self
Konrad Kellen
Self - Writer
Lorraine Gordon
Self - Lion's First Wife
Herman Haarmann
Self - Historian
Bob Belden
Self - Producer
Tommy Turrentine
Self
William Claxton
Self
Crew
Directing
- Julian BenediktDirector
- Andreas MorellDirector
Writing
- Andreas MorellWriter
Production
- Bernd HellthalerExecutive Producer
- Michael KrauseProducer
- Ulli PfauProducer
Camera
- William RexerDirector of Photography
- Georg SteinwehDirector of Photography
Editing
- Andrew HulmeEditor
Sound
- Stéphane ThiébautSound