Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

The story

"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.

Cast

F Freddie HubbardSelf G Gil MelléSelf H Herbie HancockSelf H Horace SilverSelf C Carlos SantanaSelf J Johnny GriffinSelf B Bertrand TavernierSelf R Ron CarterSelf M Maurice CullazSelf R Ruth LionSelf - Alfred's wife H Hans BorgeltSelf - Historian T Taj MahalSelf

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J Joe ChambersSelf B Bobby HutchersonSelf B Bob CranshawSelf J J.J. JohnsonSelf B Brigitte MiraSelf K Konrad KellenSelf - Writer L Lorraine GordonSelf - Lion's First Wife H Herman HaarmannSelf - Historian B Bob BeldenSelf - Producer T Tommy TurrentineSelf W William ClaxtonSelf