Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)
« It must schwing ! » (Ça doit être génial !) était la devise d'Alfred Lion et Francis Wolff, deux immigrants juifs allemands qui fondèrent en 1939 Blue Note Records, le label de jazz qui abrita des grands noms tels que Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon et Sonny Rollins. Blue Note, le film sur le jazz qui a connu le plus de succès, témoigne de la passion et de la vision de ces deux hommes et vibre certainement comme les sons propulsifs qui ont rendu leur label si célèbre.
Directeurs: 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 |
| Directing | Andreas Morell | Director |
| Writing | Andreas Morell | Writer |
| 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 |