Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe (2006)
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Take a voyage through the history of European jazz in this musical meditation on the origins, growth, and exciting shifts in direction that came to define the endless search for that ever-elusive "voice of one's own." As musicians from both sides of the Atlantic began working in unison, jazz lovers around the world would bear witness to a fascinating form of evolution in their favorite freeform musical style. Rare footage of Ben Webster, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and en entire host of jazz legends make this a musical journey that is sure to fascinate and educate. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 90 mins
Complete Cast:
- Jan Garbarek
- Antonello Salis
- Paul Kuhn
- Wolfgang Dauner
- Johnny Hodges
- Gérard Lavigny
- Louis Armstrong
- Rene Urtreger
- Ben Webster
- Daniel Humair
- Pino Minafra
- Anders Jormin
- Palle Mikkelborg
- Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
- Richard Williams
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Stan Tracey
- Joe Zawinul
- Till Brönner
- Attila Zoller
- Stefano Bollani
- Gianluca Petrella
- Joachim Kühn
- Krzysztof Komeda
- Louis Sclavis
- Norma Winstone
- Arild Andersen
- Marilyn Mazur
- Django Bates
- Gianluigi Trovesi
- Albert Mangelsdorff
- Duke Ellington
- Coco Schumann
- Martial Solal
- Chris Barber
- Juliette Greco
- Miles Davis
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Robert Wyatt
- Bobo Stenson
- Dexter Gordon
- Bud Powell
- Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
- Dusko Goykovic
- Richard Cook
- German Allstars
- Klaus Schulze
- Arve Henriksen
- Enrico Rava
- Michel Godard
- Georg Baselitz
- Tomasz Stanko
- Trevor Watts
- Don Cherry
- Christian Quartet Wallumrod
- Manfred Eicher
- Director(s):
- Julian Benedikt
- Producer(s):
- Ulli Pfau, Julian Benedikt
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