Jazz on a Summer's Day
Original title: Jazz on a Summer's Day
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7.2/10
(26)
3/28/1960
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1h 22min
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Documentary
Music
Synopsis
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.
Direction: Bert Stern
Screenwriter: Albert D'Annibale, Arnold Perl
Producer: Bert Stern
Cast
Louis Armstrong
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Mahalia Jackson
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Gerry Mulligan
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Dinah Washington
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Chico Hamilton
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Anita O'Day
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Chuck Berry
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Thelonious Monk
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