Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz(1997)

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz Synopsis

"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.

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997) is a documentary and music film directed by Julian Benedikt, released on October 1, 1997 with a runtime of 1h 53m. It stars Freddie Hubbard, Gil Mellé, Herbie Hancock and Horace Silver. Viewers rate it 7.2 out of 10 across 8 ratings.