Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe
“A Story of Jazz in Europe”
2006•1h 30m•Released
DocumentaryMusic
A comprehensive history of European Jazz, exploring the origins of the US-influenced Jazz clubs after the Second World War, the first steps independent of American jazz and the various changes of direction that have repeatedly occurred in European jazz in the search for that "own voice" that European jazz musicians have helped to form. Featuring the great masters of European jazz such as Chris Barber, Jan Garbarek, Juliette Gréco, Stefano Bollani and Till Brönner, to name but a few.
Director
Julian Benedikt
Writer
Julian Benedikt
Languages
English, French, German
Studio
DR
Cast
Arild Andersen
Self
Georg Baselitz
Self
Stefano Bollani
Self
Till Brönner
Self
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Self
Richard Cook
Self
Wolfgang Dauner
Self
Karl-Heinz Drechsel
Self
Manfred Eicher
Self
Jon Fait
Self
Jan Garbarek
Self
Michel Godard
Self
Dusko Gojkovic
Self
Juliette Gréco
Self
Arve Henriksen
Self
Production
Company
DR
Company
ARTE
Company
ZDF
Company
YLE
Company
Benedikt Pictures GmbH & Co. KG (München)
Company
Schweizer Fernsehen (FS)
Company
Delphi Filmverleih Produktion
Company
Eikon Media
Company
Jazzclub Birdland
Producer
Claus Boje
Producer
Ulli Pfau
Producer
Julian Benedikt
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