Jazz on a Summer's Day
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March 28, 1960
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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
Cast
Louis Armstrong
Self
Mahalia Jackson
Self
Gerry Mulligan
Self
Dinah Washington
Self
Chico Hamilton
Self