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Blue Note: Beyond The Notes
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES is a reveIatory, thriIIing and emotional journey behind the scenes of BIue Note Records, the pioneering IabeI that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
When the German Jewish refugees AIfred Lion and Francis Wolff started Blue Note in 1939 in New York, the two Berliners aIlowed the artists compIete freedom and encouraged them to compose new music. Their visionary and uncompromising approach led to releases that not onIy revolutionized jazz, but that have Ieft an indeIible imprint on art and music, incIuding hip hop.
The present provides a point of departure from which the fiIm recovers the past. Legendary artists Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter come together with today’s generation of groundbreaking Blue Note artists such as Robert GIasper and Ambrose Akinmusire to record an AII-Stars album.
These refIections Iead us back to the highIy influential figures of the past on which the legacy of BIue Note is buiIt: Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, John Coltrane, Art BIakey, Horace SiIver and Miles Davis. Rare archivaI interviews and conversations with BIue Note musicians provide an intimate look into the creation and phiIosophy behind some of the most seminal tracks in jazz history.
The Film strives to transmit the values that jazz embodies and that Blue Note has been promoting since its inception: freedom of expression, equality, dialogue - values we can learn from and that are as relevant today as they were when the labeI was founded.
Directed by Sophie Huber, the fiIm premiered at the Tribeca FiIm FestivaI in 2018. |
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