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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

2018 · 115 min · Documentary

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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Eric Friedler — Director

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AAlfred LionSelfHerbie Hancock portraitHerbie HancockSelfQuincy Jones portraitQuincy JonesSelfWayne Shorter portraitWayne ShorterSelfThelonious Monk portraitThelonious MonkSelfGeorge Benson portraitGeorge BensonSelfSonny Rollins portraitSonny RollinsSelfRon Carter portraitRon CarterSelfHHorace SilverSelfLLou DonaldsonSelf

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