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Jazz on a Summer's Day

7.3 1960 1h 22m
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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

VISUAL ARCHIVE

Selected stills from the film

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CAST

The people behind the story

Louis Armstrong
Louis ArmstrongSelf
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia JacksonSelf
Gerry Mulligan
Gerry MulliganSelf
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Dinah WashingtonSelf
Chico Hamilton
Chico HamiltonSelf
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Anita O'DaySelf
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George ShearingSelf
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Jimmy GiuffreSelf
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