Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

It must schwing!

1997113m7.2 (8)
DocumentaryMusic

"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.

Crew

JB

Julian Benedikt

Director

AM

Andreas Morell

Writer

AM

Andreas Morell

Director

MK

Michael Krause

Producer

UP

Ulli Pfau

Producer

William Rexer

William Rexer

Director of Photography

GS

Georg Steinweh

Director of Photography

Cast

FH

Freddie Hubbard

Self

GM

Gil Mellé

Self

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

Self

HS

Horace Silver

Self

Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana

Self

Johnny Griffin

Johnny Griffin

Self

Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier

Self

Ron Carter

Ron Carter

Self

MC

Maurice Cullaz

Self

RL

Ruth Lion

Self - Alfred's wife

HB

Hans Borgelt

Self - Historian

TM

Taj Mahal

Self

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