Jazz on a Summer's Day

Mar 28, 1960

1h 22m

★ 7.2

...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.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Galaxy Productions

Raven Films

Jazz on a Summer's Day Trailers

Cast

Self

Louis Armstrong

Self

Mahalia Jackson

Self

Gerry Mulligan

Self

Dinah Washington

Self

Chico Hamilton

Self

Anita O'Day

Self

George Shearing

Self

Jimmy Giuffre

Self

Chuck Berry

Self

Jack Teagarden

Self

Thelonious Monk

Self

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