Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)

Name: Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1997-10-01
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Freddie Hubbard, Gil Mellé, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Carlos Santana

It must schwing!

"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.

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Released 1997-10-01 · 113 min · Documentary, Music

Directed by Julian Benedikt, Andreas Morell

Cast

Freddie Hubbard as Self
Gil Mellé as Self
Herbie Hancock as Self
Horace Silver as Self
Carlos Santana as Self
Johnny Griffin as Self
Bertrand Tavernier as Self
Ron Carter as Self
Maurice Cullaz as Self
Ruth Lion as Self - Alfred's wife
Hans Borgelt as Self - Historian
Taj Mahal as Self
Joe Chambers as Self
Bobby Hutcherson as Self
Bob Cranshaw as Self