Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz - Cast

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

"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.

Cast

Freddie Hubbard

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Gil Mellé

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Herbie Hancock

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Horace Silver

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Carlos Santana

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Johnny Griffin

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Bertrand Tavernier

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Ron Carter

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Maurice Cullaz

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Ruth Lion

Played Self - Alfred's wife
Hans Borgelt

Played Self - Historian
Taj Mahal

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Joe Chambers

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Bobby Hutcherson

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Bob Cranshaw

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J.J. Johnson

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Brigitte Mira

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Konrad Kellen

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Lorraine Gordon

Played Self - Lion's First …
Herman Haarmann

Played Self - Historian
Bob Belden

Played Self - Producer
Tommy Turrentine

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William Claxton

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