Jazz on a Summer's Day
1960/03/28 • Released • English
...love on a summer's night!
Overview
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.
Director : Bert Stern
Casts
Louis Armstrong
Self
Mahalia Jackson
Self
Gerry Mulligan
Self
Dinah Washington
Self
Chico Hamilton
Self
Anita O'Day
Self
Chuck Berry
Self
Thelonious Monk
Self
David Bailie
Self
Eric Dolphy
Self
Jim Hall
Self
Jo Jones
Self
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