CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 1h 55m

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

81%(11)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byEric Friedler

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 55m
Language
DE
Released
July 2, 2018
Studios
NDRRoad Movies

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

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

Self

Lou Donaldson

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Eric Friedler
Eric Friedler
Written by
Eric Friedler
Eric Friedler

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