
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Documentary · Music
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.
Top Cast
Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
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Freddie Hubbard
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Gil Mellé
Gil Mellé
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Gil Mellé
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
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Horace Silver
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Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
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Carlos Santana
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
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Johnny Griffin
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Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier
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Bertrand Tavernier
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Ron Carter
Ron Carter
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Ron Carter
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Maurice Cullaz
Maurice Cullaz
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Maurice Cullaz
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Ruth Lion
Ruth Lion
Self - Alfred's wife
Ruth Lion
Self - Alfred's wife
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