Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)

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"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

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Cast

Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock as Self Age 86 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet", Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm sectio...
Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana as Self Age 78 · Autlán de Navarro (México)
Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin as Self Died 2008 · Chicago, Illinois, USA From Wikipedia: John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin began...
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier as Self Died 2021 · Lyon, Rhône, France Bertrand Tavernier was a French director, screenwriter, producer and writer, born on April 25, 1941 in Lyon, and died on March 25, 2021 in Sainte-Maxime (Var). Son of the writer and resistance fighte...
Ron Carter
Ron Carter as Self
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal as Self Age 83 · Harlem, New York, USA Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments..
Director Julian Benedikt
Cast Freddie Hubbard, Gil Mellé, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Carlos Santana, Johnny Griffin, Bertrand Tavernier, Ron Carter, Maurice Cullaz, Ruth Lion

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