Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

Name: Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Released: 1997-10-01
Rating: 7.188

7.2/10 (8)

·1997· 113 min

Director: Julian Benedikt

"It must schwing!"

"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.

Cast

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Freddie Hubbard

Self

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Gil Mellé

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Herbie Hancock

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Horace Silver

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Carlos Santana

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Johnny Griffin

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Bertrand Tavernier

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Ron Carter

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Maurice Cullaz

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Ruth Lion

Self - Alfred's wife

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Hans Borgelt

Self - Historian

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Taj Mahal

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In brief

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997) is a documentary, music film. With an average rating of 7.2/10 from 8 votes, it's a solidly rated pick. The film runs 1h 53min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz runs 113 minutes (1h 53min).

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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz has an average rating of 7.2/10 based on 8 viewer votes on TMDB.

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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz was released in 1997.