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
Mahalia Jackson
Gerry Mulligan
Dinah Washington
Chico Hamilton
Anita O'Day
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George Shearing
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Jimmy Giuffre
Chuck Berry
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Jack Teagarden
Thelonious Monk
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Big Maybelle
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Sonny Stitt
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Eli's Chosen Six
David Bailie
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Danny Barcelona
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Bob Brookmeyer
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Buck Clayton