Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

1960 · 82 min · 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.

Directed by Bert Stern. Starring Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington and Chico Hamilton.

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