Jazz on a Summer's Day Poster

Jazz on a Summer's Day

72.00% | March 28, 1960 | 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.

Featured Crew

Bert Stern
Director
Arnold Perl
Continuity
Aram Avakian
Co-Director