Synopsis
"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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Julian BenediktDirector
- Andreas MorellDirector
- Andreas MorellWriter
Cast
- Freddie HubbardSelf
- Gil MelléSelf
- Herbie HancockSelf
- Horace SilverSelf
- Carlos SantanaSelf
- Johnny GriffinSelf
- Bertrand TavernierSelf
- Ron CarterSelf
- Maurice CullazSelf
- Ruth LionSelf - Alfred's wife
- Hans BorgeltSelf - Historian
- Taj MahalSelf
Stills
Themes
jazzjazz singer or musicianrecord labelblue note records