Jazz on a Summer's Day
1960
1h 22min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
28 March 1960
Runtime
1h 22min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Galaxy Productions, Raven Films
Cast
Louis Armstrong
Self
Mahalia Jackson
Self
Gerry Mulligan
Self
Dinah Washington
Self
Chico Hamilton
Self
Anita O'Day
Self
George Shearing
Self
Jimmy Giuffre
Self
Chuck Berry
Self
Jack Teagarden
Self
Thelonious Monk
Self
Big Maybelle
Self
Sonny Stitt
Self
Eli's Chosen Six
Self
David Bailie
Self
Danny Barcelona
Self
Bob Brookmeyer
Self
Buck Clayton
Self
Bill Crow
Self
Eric Dolphy
Self
Art Farmer
Self
Harold Gaylor
Self
Nathan Gershman
Self
Terri Gibbs
Self
Urbie Green
Self
Henry Grimes
Self
Jim Hall
Self
Peanuts Hucko
Self
Jo Jones
Self
Ray Mosca
Self
Armando Peraza
Self
Max Roach
Self
Rudy Rutherford
Self
Sal Salvador
Self
Willis Conover
Interviewer
Patricia Bosworth
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
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