Jazz on a Summer's Day
Release Date: 1960-03-28
Rating : 7.231/10
Duration : 82 minutes
Genres : Documentary, Music
Director : Bert Stern
Writer : Albert D'Annibale, Arnold Perl
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.
Cast
Louis Armstrong
Mahalia Jackson
Gerry Mulligan
Dinah Washington
Chico Hamilton
Anita O'Day