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.
Jazz on a Summer’s Day
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Film Details
83 MIN
Rating
U
Director
Bert Stern
Cast
Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry
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