Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
01/10/1997
"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.
Movie Information
Freddie Hubbard
as Self
Gil Mellé
as Self
Herbie Hancock
as Self
Horace Silver
as Self
Carlos Santana
as Self
Johnny Griffin
as Self
Bertrand Tavernier
as Self
Ron Carter
as Self
Maurice Cullaz
as Self
Ruth Lion
as Self - Alfred's wife
Hans Borgelt
as Self - Historian
Taj Mahal
as Self
Joe Chambers
as Self
Bobby Hutcherson
as Self
Bob Cranshaw
as Self
J.J. Johnson
as Self
Brigitte Mira
as Self
Konrad Kellen
as Self - Writer
Lorraine Gordon
as Self - Lion's First Wife
Herman Haarmann
as Self - Historian
Bob Belden
as Self - Producer
Tommy Turrentine
as Self
William Claxton
as Self
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