Film·2006·1h 30m

Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe

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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.

Directed by Julian Benedikt

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Cast

12 credited

Arild Andersen
Arild AndersenSelf
Georg Baselitz
Georg BaselitzSelf
Stefano Bollani
Stefano BollaniSelf
Till Brönner
Till BrönnerSelf
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee BridgewaterSelf
Richard Cook
Richard CookSelf
Wolfgang Dauner
Wolfgang DaunerSelf
Karl-Heinz Drechsel
Karl-Heinz DrechselSelf
Manfred Eicher
Manfred EicherSelf
Jon Fait
Jon FaitSelf
Jan Garbarek
Jan GarbarekSelf
Michel Godard
Michel GodardSelf

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