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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

2018

115 minutes

Documentary

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.

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Alfred Lion headshot

Alfred Lion

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Herbie Hancock headshot

Herbie Hancock

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Quincy Jones headshot

Quincy Jones

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Wayne Shorter headshot

Wayne Shorter

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Thelonious Monk headshot

Thelonious Monk

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George Benson headshot

George Benson

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Sonny Rollins headshot

Sonny Rollins

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Ron Carter headshot

Ron Carter

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Horace Silver headshot

Horace Silver

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Lou Donaldson headshot

Lou Donaldson

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Bennie Maupin headshot

Bennie Maupin

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Michael Cuscuna headshot

Michael Cuscuna

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Sheila Jordan headshot

Sheila Jordan

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Benny Golson headshot

Benny Golson

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