Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (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.
Directors: Julian Benedikt, Andreas Morell.
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Freddie Hubbard as Self |
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Gil Mellé as Self |
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Herbie Hancock as Self |
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Horace Silver as Self |
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Carlos Santana as Self |
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Johnny Griffin as Self |
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Bertrand Tavernier as Self |
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Ron Carter as Self |
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Maurice Cullaz as Self |
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Ruth Lion as Self - Alfred's wife |
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Hans Borgelt as Self - Historian |
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Taj Mahal as Self |
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Joe Chambers as Self |
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Bobby Hutcherson as Self |
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Bob Cranshaw as Self |
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J.J. Johnson as Self |
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Brigitte Mira as Self |
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Konrad Kellen as Self - Writer |
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Lorraine Gordon as Self - Lion's First Wife |
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Herman Haarmann as Self - Historian |
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Bob Belden as Self - Producer |
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Tommy Turrentine as Self |
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William Claxton as Self |
| Directing | Julian Benedikt | Director |
| Writing | Andreas Morell | Writer |
| Directing | Andreas Morell | Director |
| Production | Bernd Hellthaler | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Krause | Producer |
| Production | Ulli Pfau | Producer |
| Camera | William Rexer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Georg Steinweh | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Andrew Hulme | Editor |
| Sound | Stéphane Thiébaut | Sound |
