First-Time Viewing

Jazz on a Summer's Day

Release Date:March 28, 1960

Running Time:82 min

Genres:Documentary, Music

Director

Cast

Louis Armstrong Mahalia Jackson Gerry Mulligan Dinah Washington Chico Hamilton Anita O'Day George Shearing Jimmy Giuffre Chuck Berry Jack Teagarden Thelonious Monk Big Maybelle

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

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.

Where to watch

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