Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)
...love on a summer's night!
1960 · 1h 22m · Documentary, Music
Genres: Documentary, Music
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
Writers: Arnold Perl, Albert D'Annibale
Cinematography: Courtney Hesfela, Bert Stern
Editor: Aram Avakian
Cast
Louis Armstrong as SelfMahalia Jackson as SelfGerry Mulligan as SelfDinah Washington as SelfChico Hamilton as SelfAnita O'Day as SelfGeorge Shearing as SelfJimmy Giuffre as SelfChuck Berry as SelfJack Teagarden as SelfThelonious Monk as SelfBig Maybelle as SelfMore like this
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