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Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

Play trailer Poster for Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes 2019,  1h 25m,  Documentary/ Music Play Trailer Watchlist
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The history of the jazz music label.

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Claudia Puig FilmWeek (LAist) Oct 1, 2019
Fascinating, even if you're not a rabid jazz fan. Go to Full Review
Mark Feeney Boston Globe Sep 4, 2019
3/4
Everyone knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. Wolff's are worth just as many notes. Go to Full Review
Joel Selvin San Francisco Chronicle Aug 7, 2019
3/4
The film burbles with an endless stream of beautiful jazz and the stark, penetrating session photographs by Blue Note principal Wolff brilliantly illuminate the visuals. Go to Full Review
Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Mar 4, 2021
4/5
Despite the film's omissions, Huber has assembled a loving history of a cultural touchstone, ripe with wonderful music, archival footage and photography, that vividly bring to life the label's influence on the way we listen to music. Go to Full Review
Steven Sheehan The Digital Fix Feb 6, 2020
7/10
Given the vastness of the label's history, Huber does manage to cover a lot of ground in its relatively brief runtime. Go to Full Review
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews Sep 4, 2019
B+
Anyone who has a real love for music will want to see and learn from "Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes" and the many amazing talents those two old white German Jewish immigrant refugees brought to us all. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Sophie Huber

Director

Don Was

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Wayne Shorter

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Kendrick Lamar

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Norah Jones

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Derrick Hodge

Self

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Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

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Movie Info

Synopsis The history of the jazz music label.
Director
Sophie Huber
Producer
Hercli Bundi, Susanne Guggenberger, Sophie Huber, Chiemi Karasawa
Screenwriter
Sophie Huber
Production Co
Mira Film, Eagle Rock Entertainment
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 28, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 4, 2019
Runtime
1h 25m
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