Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe (2006)

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.

Cast

Self
A Arild Andersen
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G Georg Baselitz
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J Jan Garbarek
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M Michel Godard
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D Dusko Gojkovic
Self
Juliette Gréco
Self
A Arve Henriksen
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A Anders Jormin
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J Joachim Kühn
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P Paul Kuhn
Self
Gérard La Viny
Self
A Albert Mangelsdorff
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S Stefano Bollani
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P Palle Mikkelborg
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M Marilyn Mazur
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N Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Self
E Enrico Rava
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A Antonello Salis
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Coco Schumann
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L Louis Sclavis
Self
Martial Solal
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T Tomasz Stańko
Self
S Stan Tracy
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Till Brönner
Self
E Emilhenco
Self
C Christian Wallumrød
Self
Joe Zawinul
Self
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Self
R Richard Cook
Self
W Wolfgang Dauner
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K Karl-Heinz Drechsel
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M Manfred Eicher
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J Jon Fait

Crew

Director
J Julian Benedikt
Writer
J Julian Benedikt
Producer
J Julian Benedikt
Producer
Claus Boje
Producer
U Ulli Pfau
Editor
A Andrew Hulme
Production Manager
K Kristin Holst
Production Manager
M Monika Kintner
Unit Production Manager
H Helen Prestgard
Sound Editor
Noemi Hampel
Sound Mixer
M Martin Steyer
Camera Operator
K Klaus Betzl
Camera Operator
L Lorenz Haarmann
Director of Photography
V Vladimir Subotić
Director of Photography
F Frank Griebe
Director of Photography
P Peter Indergand
Director of Photography
S Suzanne Baumann
Digital Colorist
S Stefan Ciupek