It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

1h 55m
Documentary
8.1

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.

Cast

Alfred Lion
Self
Herbie Hancock
Self
Quincy Jones
Self
Wayne Shorter
Self
Thelonious Monk
Self
George Benson
Self
Sonny Rollins
Self
Ron Carter
Self
Horace Silver
Self
Lou Donaldson
Self
Bennie Maupin
Self
Michael Cuscuna
Self
Sheila Jordan
Self
Benny Golson
Self

Crew

Eric Friedler
Director, Writer
Wim Wenders
Executive Producer

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