Jazz on a Summer's Day

Name: Jazz on a Summer's Day
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1960-03-28
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington

1960 · 1h 22m · Documentary, Music · United States of America · Rated G (IE)

...love on a summer's night!

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.

Directed by

Bert Stern

Written by

Albert D'Annibale, Arnold Perl

Starring

Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington

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