Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
1997 · Documentary · 95 min. · Germany
"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.The only documentary about the legendary Jazz record label includes original footage from concert recordings by Blue Note label artists, original footage of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff and interviews with Carlos Santana, Rudy Van Gelder, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock among others.Grammy nominated for "Best Long Form Music Video" in 1997, Blue Note also went on to earn a Peabody Award (1998), Vision Award (1998) and a Rocky Award nomination.
Direction Julian Benedikt · Andreas Morell
Cast Freddie Hubbard · Gil Melle · Herbert Hancock · Horace Silver · Carlos Santana · Bertrand Tavernier · Ron Carter · Maurice Cullaz · Ruth Lion · Hans Borgelt · Brigitte Mira · Konrad Kellen · Lorraine Gordon · Thea Dispeker · Herman Haarmann · Bob Belden · Taj Mahal · Joe Chambers · Bobby Hutcherson · Bob Cranshaw · J.J. Johnson · Tommy Turrentine · Al Harewood · Max Roach · Eric Person · Kareem Abdul-Jabbar · Ira Gitler · Rudy Van Gelder · Tim Hagans · DJ Smash · William Claxton · Harry Renaud · Michael Cuscuna · Cassandra Wilson · Wayne Adams · Joachim E. Behrendt · Marion McClinton · Stan Ricker · Andrew Hill Newman
Screenplay Julian Benedikt
Cinematography William Rexer · Georg Steinweh
Original title Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
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