Released:
1997-10-01

Overview:
"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.

Directors:
Julian Benedikt, Andreas Morell

Runtime:
1h 53min

Genre:
Documentary, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Freddie Hubbard
  as
  Self
• 
  Gil Mellé
  as
  Self
• 
  Herbie Hancock
  as
  Self
• 
  Horace Silver
  as
  Self
• 
  Carlos Santana
  as
  Self