Jazz on a Summer's Day

Name: Jazz on a Summer's Day
Director: Bert Stern
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1960-03-28
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton

“...love on a summer's night!”

7.3(29)19601h 22mEN

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Directed by Bert Stern

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.