Do you like Herbie Hancock? How about Ornette Coleman or Thelonius Monk? If these musicians appeal to you, then you will definitely enjoy listening to this film. This documentary is about the record label Blue Note, which recorded some of the most popular modern jazz musicians in America. It's about a white man's ability to sense talent in a black musician. It's about immigration, running a business, and most of all... Jazz! However, it's a pretty boring film, if you're not into jazz music. Visually, it consists of still photos of the musicians and label owners inter cut with talking head interviews of people who had some connection with the label, it's musicians, or the music. But since it's a made for t.v. doc, I guess its main purpose is to be education.
In that case, I guess it is successful.
In that case, I guess it is successful.