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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

8.2

1h 55m

2018

Synopsis

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

Documentary

jazzblue note recordsrecord company

Cast & Crew

Alfred Lion

as Self

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

as Self

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

as Self

Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter

as Self

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

as Self

George Benson

George Benson

as Self

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

as Self

Ron Carter

Ron Carter

as Self

Horace Silver

as Self

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