Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)
"...love on a summer's night!"
Title: Jazz on a Summer's Day
Original Title: Jazz on a Summer's Day
Release Date: 1960-03-28
Status: Released
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 26 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Documentary, Music
Production Companies: Galaxy Productions, Raven Films
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.
Cast
Louis Armstrong
Self
Mahalia Jackson
Self
Gerry Mulligan
Self
Dinah Washington
Self
Chico Hamilton
Self
Anita O'Day
Self
George Shearing
Self
Jimmy Giuffre
Self
Chuck Berry
Self
Jack Teagarden
Self
