Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe

Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe

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2006-11-02

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.

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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.

Released

2006-11-02

Runtime

90

Director

Julian Benedikt

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

Music

Language

English

Production

DR

ARTE

ZDF

YLE

Benedikt Pictures GmbH & Co. KG (München)

Schweizer Fernsehen (FS)

Delphi Filmverleih Produktion

Eikon Media

Jazzclub Birdland

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    Arild Andersen

    Arild Andersen
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    Georg Baselitz

    Georg Baselitz
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    Stefano Bollani

    Stefano Bollani
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    Till Brönner

    Till Brönner
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    Dee Dee Bridgewater

    Dee Dee Bridgewater
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    Richard Cook

    Richard Cook
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    Wolfgang Dauner

    Wolfgang Dauner
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    Karl-Heinz Drechsel

    Karl-Heinz Drechsel
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    Manfred Eicher

    Manfred Eicher
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    Jon Fait

    Jon Fait
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    Jan Garbarek

    Jan Garbarek
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    Michel Godard

    Michel Godard
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    Dusko Gojkovic

    Dusko Gojkovic
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    Juliette Gréco

    Juliette Gréco
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    Arve Henriksen

    Arve Henriksen
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    Anders Jormin

    Anders Jormin
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    Joachim Kühn

    Joachim Kühn
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    Paul Kuhn

    Paul Kuhn
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    Gérard La Viny

    Gérard La Viny
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    Albert Mangelsdorff

    Albert Mangelsdorff
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    Palle Mikkelborg

    Palle Mikkelborg
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    Marilyn Mazur

    Marilyn Mazur
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    Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

    Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
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    Enrico Rava

    Enrico Rava
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    Antonello Salis

    Antonello Salis
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    Coco Schumann

    Coco Schumann
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    Louis Sclavis

    Louis Sclavis
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    Martial Solal

    Martial Solal
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    Tomasz Stańko

    Tomasz Stańko
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    Stan Tracy

    Stan Tracy
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    Emilhenco

    Emilhenco
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    Christian Wallumrød

    Christian Wallumrød
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    Joe Zawinul

    Joe Zawinul