Jazz on a Summer's Day(1960)

Name: Jazz on a Summer's Day
Director: Bert Stern
Released: 1960-03-28
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton

03/28/1960 (US)Documentary, Music1h 22m

7.2

"...love on a summer's night!"

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.

Bert Stern

Director

Albert D'Annibale

Writer

Arnold Perl

Writer