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Jazz on a Summer's Day

DocumentaryMusic
7.3·1960·1h 22m

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 ...

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Cast

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Self

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Self

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

Self

DIRECTOR

Bert Stern

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.