
Nalen
Documentary · Music
Overview
Documentary about legendary Swedish jazz club "Nalen" featuring interviews with old musicians and singers, and old clips from the place in its glory days
Top Cast
Lars Bagge
Lars Bagge
Self
Lars Bagge
Self


Putte Wickman
Putte Wickman
Self
Putte Wickman
Self


Monica Zetterlund
Monica Zetterlund
Self
Monica Zetterlund
Self


Lena Dahlman
Lena Dahlman
Self
Lena Dahlman
Self
Arne Domnérus
Arne Domnérus
Self
Arne Domnérus
Self


Bengt Hallberg
Bengt Hallberg
Self
Bengt Hallberg
Self
Erik Frank
Erik Frank
Self
Erik Frank
Self
Jan Allan
Jan Allan
Self
Jan Allan
Self
Claes-Göran Fagerstedt
Claes-Göran Fagerstedt
Self
Claes-Göran Fagerstedt
Self
Viktoria Tolstoy
Viktoria Tolstoy
Self
Viktoria Tolstoy
Self
Similar Movies

Imagine an AM Radio Station with a dawn to dusk license that played nothing but jazz and comedy records. Did I mention it FLOATED in the Ohio River and changed the culture of a Community? The history of Cincinnati Jazz is long, wide, diverse and in the case of WNOP sometimes beyond belief. Saxophonist turned filmmaker Christopher Braig's second Film will focus on the people, music, and cities that kept "The Jazz Ark" sailing for 42 years from 1968 to 2000.

"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.

Tenor saxophonist Jimmy McGary was a major presence in the Cincinnati music scene from the 1950s until his death in the early ’90s. With music rooted in Bebop with a progressive slant, the Jazz legend was a session player for King Records and released his first album as a bandleader — The First Time (with a quartet that included pianist Pat Kelly) — in 1979. McGary’s spirit and legacy have lived on well after his passing and well beyond Cincinnati, as evidenced in this new documentary film.


















