It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

Overview

A documentary about the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and its German founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. As jews they had to flee Germany and the Hitler regime in the late 1930s. In New York they wrote music history with their record label Blue Note Records.

Directed by Eric Friedler

Top cast

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Alfred Lion

Self

Herbie Hancock

Self

Quincy Jones

Self

Wayne Shorter

Self

Thelonious Monk

Self

George Benson

Self

Sonny Rollins

Self

Ron Carter

Self

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Horace Silver

Self

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Lou Donaldson

Self

Bennie Maupin

Self

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Michael Cuscuna

Self

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Sheila Jordan

Self

Benny Golson

Self

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