It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

2018
1h 55m
8.1

8.1/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
NDR Road Movies
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German English

Quick Facts

Original Title It Must Schwing - Die Blue Note Story
Release Date July 2, 2018
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt8661880
Website Visit Site

Cast

Alfred Lion
Alfred Lion

Self

Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock

Self

Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones

Self

Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter

Self

Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk

Self

George Benson
George Benson

Self

Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins

Self

Ron Carter
Ron Carter

Self

Horace Silver
Horace Silver

Self

Lou Donaldson
Lou Donaldson

Self

Bennie Maupin
Bennie Maupin

Self

Michael Cuscuna
Michael Cuscuna

Self

Key Crew

Eric Friedler
Director
Eric Friedler
Writer
Wim Wenders
Executive Producer