It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story (2018)
A documentary about the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and its German founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. As jews they had to flee Germany and the Hitler regime in the late 1930s. In New York they wrote music history with their record label Blue Note Records.
Director: Eric Friedler
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Alfred Lion as Self |
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Herbie Hancock as Self |
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Quincy Jones as Self |
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Wayne Shorter as Self |
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Thelonious Monk as Self |
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George Benson as Self |
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Sonny Rollins as Self |
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Ron Carter as Self |
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Horace Silver as Self |
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Lou Donaldson as Self |
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Bennie Maupin as Self |
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Michael Cuscuna as Self |
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Sheila Jordan as Self |
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Benny Golson as Self |
| Directing | Eric Friedler | Director |
| Writing | Eric Friedler | Writer |
| Production | Wim Wenders | Executive Producer |