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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)

Music Documentary

It must schwing!

Release Date: 1997, October 1
Directors: Andreas Morell, Julian Benedikt
Production: ARTE, Danmarks Radio (DR), Danmarks Radio (DR), EuroArts, EuroArts
Cast: Ron Carter, Taj Mahal, Carlos Santana, Johnny Griffin, Lorraine Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Brigitte Mira, William Claxton, Horace Silver, Maurice Cullaz, Ruth Lion, Joe Chambers

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.

Keywords:

jazz jazz singer or musician record label blue note records