Jazz on a Summer's Day

Jazz on a Summer's Day

Movie 1960-03-28 1h 22m Documentary Music
★ 7.3 / 10 · 27 votes

Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.

Status
Released
Studios
Galaxy Productions , Raven Films
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Director
Bert Stern
Cast
Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong Self Mahalia Jackson Mahalia Jackson Self
Gerry Mulligan Gerry Mulligan Self
Dinah Washington Dinah Washington Self
Chico Hamilton Chico Hamilton Self Anita O'Day Anita O'Day Self
George Shearing George Shearing Self
Jimmy Giuffre Jimmy Giuffre Self
Chuck Berry Chuck Berry Self Jack Teagarden Jack Teagarden Self Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk Self
Big Maybelle Big Maybelle Self
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