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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

8.120181h 55mMovieDocumentary

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.

DirectorEric Friedler
WriterEric Friedler
ProducerWim Wenders

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Cast · Directed by Eric Friedler

AL
Alfred Lion
Self
HHHerbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Self
QJQuincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Self
WSWayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
Self
TMThelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Self
GBGeorge Benson
George Benson
Self
SRSonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
Self
RCRon Carter
Ron Carter
Self
HS
Horace Silver
Self
LD
Lou Donaldson
Self
BMBennie Maupin
Bennie Maupin
Self
MC
Michael Cuscuna
Self

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