Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

113 mins | Documentary, Music | Oct. 1, 1997

"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.

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

113 mins | Documentary, Music | Oct. 1, 1997

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
"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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers
Original title Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Directors Andreas Morell, Julian Benedikt
Writers 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

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

Bob Cranshaw

as Self

J.J. Johnson

as Self

Brigitte Mira

as Self

Konrad Kellen

as Self - Writer

Lorraine Gordon

as Self - Lion's First Wife

Herman Haarmann

as Self - Historian

Bob Belden

as Self - Producer

William Claxton

as Self