Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

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.

Directed by Julian Benedikt, Andreas Morell

Top cast

F

Freddie Hubbard

Self

G

Gil Mellé

Self

Herbie Hancock

Self

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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

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Hans Borgelt

Self - Historian

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Taj Mahal

Self

J

Joe Chambers

Self

B

Bobby Hutcherson

Self

B

Bob Cranshaw

Self

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J.J. Johnson

Self

Brigitte Mira

Self

K

Konrad Kellen

Self - Writer

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Lorraine Gordon

Self - Lion's First Wife

H

Herman Haarmann

Self - Historian

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