Jazz on a Summer's Day

Jazz on a Summer's Day

...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.

US

Made in US

7.3/10

1960

Documentary
Music

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Cast

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

As Self

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

As Self

Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan

As Self

Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington

As Self

Chico Hamilton

Chico Hamilton

As Self

Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day

As Self

George Shearing

George Shearing

As Self

Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre

As Self

Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry

As Self

Jack Teagarden

Jack Teagarden

As Self

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

As Self

Big Maybelle

Big Maybelle

As Self

Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt

As Self

Eli's Chosen Six

Eli's Chosen Six

As Self

David Bailie

David Bailie

As Self

Danny Barcelona

Danny Barcelona

As Self

Bob Brookmeyer

Bob Brookmeyer

As Self

Buck Clayton

Buck Clayton

As Self

Bill Crow

Bill Crow

As Self

Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy

As Self

Art Farmer

Art Farmer

As Self

Harold Gaylor

Harold Gaylor

As Self

Nathan Gershman

Nathan Gershman

As Self

Terri Gibbs

Terri Gibbs

As Self

Urbie Green

Urbie Green

As Self

Henry Grimes

Henry Grimes

As Self

Jim Hall

Jim Hall

As Self

Peanuts Hucko

Peanuts Hucko

As Self

Jo Jones

Jo Jones

As Self

Ray Mosca

Ray Mosca

As Self

Armando Peraza

Armando Peraza

As Self

Max Roach

Max Roach

As Self

Rudy Rutherford

Rudy Rutherford

As Self

Sal Salvador

Sal Salvador

As Self

Willis Conover

Willis Conover

As Interviewer

Patricia Bosworth

Patricia Bosworth

As Woman in Audience (uncredited)

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