Self
재즈의 전설적인 스타들, 마일스 데이비스, 허비 행콕, 존 콜트란스, 소니 롤린스, 웨인 슈터, 델로니어스 몽크와 퀸시 존스 등을 세계에 알린 재즈 레이블 ‘블루노트레코딩’. 1939년 히틀러의 독재를 피해 미국으로 온 두 젊은 독일인 알프레드 라이온과 프란시스 울프는 살아 숨쉬는 뉴욕 재즈 음악에 매료되어 ‘블루노트레코딩’을 설립한다. 아프리칸-아메리칸 뮤지션들이 차별받고 배척 당하던 시대, 그들의 열정과 천재성을 세상에 알리고자 했던 두 남자의 전설이 시작된다! “It must schwing!”
Self
Ella Fitzgerald's voice is a phenomenon and unrivalled to this day. She had the perfect pitch and perfect intonation. Ella's voice spanned three octaves, her phrasing seemed effortless. There is almost no style of music, in which she did not excel, and her numerous - now legendary - recordings of the 'Great American Songbook' with pieces of US composers such as George and Ira Gershwin, Harald Arlen, Cole Porter or Duke Ellington, remained a benchmark for the "right" interpretation of those songs for generations of singers. In the film the focus will be on the voice of Ella Fitzgerald. We want to unravel the secret of her voice through many different people (musicians, singers, critics etc.), who will tell about what impact her voice had on them and still has. We want to learn more about Ella´s life to find out what made her sing like she did and only she could.
