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| Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz |
| Germany,
1998, 35mm, 90 minutes English, German and French with English subtitles Director: Julian Benedikt DC Premiere Saturday, December 4, 10:15 pm Sunday, December 5, 3:00 pm |
| One of the most important chapters in the history of jazz involves two Jewish émigrés Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff , who left Germany in the 1930s and founded the Blue Note record label. They produced some of the most important jazz albums of their era between 1939 and 1966 including John Coltrane’s "Blue," Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers "Moanin’" and Herbie Hancock’s "Maiden Voyage." Lion helped bring artists like Thelonius Monk and Dexter Gordon to prominence. Wolff, was also a skilled photographer whose snapshots of the recording sessions provided the stunning black and white images for many Blue Note record covers. Those photos and excellent performance footage of Blue Note musicians form the backbone of the documentary. What Lion and Wolff created together was a fusion of Bauhaus design, European respect for artists, a Jewish ability to identify with the music of the outsider and an American ingenuity to make it all sell. |
In
Cooperation with |
Introduction (December 4 only):
Larry Appelbaum, Producer/Host,
WPFW-FM Pacifica Radio, Washington
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