Jazz on a Summer's Day

7.2 / 10

(26 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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary,

Music

Duration:

82 minutes

Year:

1960

Director:

Bert Stern

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Company:

Galaxy Productions,

Raven Films

Cast:
Louis Armstrong

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Mahalia Jackson

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Gerry Mulligan

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Dinah Washington

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Chico Hamilton

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Crew:
Bert Stern

Director

Arnold Perl

Continuity

Aram Avakian

Co-Director

Albert D'Annibale

Writer

Arnold Perl

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