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.
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| Camera | Frank Griebe | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Peter Indergand | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Suzanne Baumann | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stefan Ciupek | Digital Colorist |
| Camera | Vladimir Subotić | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Julian Benedikt | Director |
| Writing | Julian Benedikt | Writer |
| Production | Julian Benedikt | Producer |
| Production | Claus Boje | Producer |
| Production | Ulli Pfau | Producer |
| Editing | Andrew Hulme | Editor |
| Production | Kristin Holst | Production Manager |
| Production | Monika Kintner | Production Manager |
| Production | Helen Prestgard | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Noemi Hampel | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Martin Steyer | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Klaus Betzl | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Lorenz Haarmann | Camera Operator |
