"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.
Freddie Hubbard
as Self
Gil Mellé
as Self
Herbie Hancock
as Self
Horace Silver
as Self
Carlos Santana
as Self
Johnny Griffin
as Self
Bertrand Tavernier
as Self
Ron Carter
as Self
Maurice Cullaz
as Self
Ruth Lion
as Self - Alfred's wife
Hans Borgelt
as Self - Historian
Taj Mahal
as Self
