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Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

...love on a summer's night!

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.

Release: 1960-03-28
Runtime: 82 min
Rating: 7.2 / 10
Cast
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
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Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton
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Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day
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George Shearing
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Jimmy Giuffre
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Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
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Jack Teagarden
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
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Big Maybelle
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Sonny Stitt
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Eli's Chosen Six
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David Bailie
David Bailie
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Danny Barcelona
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Bob Brookmeyer
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Buck Clayton
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