Jazz on a Summer's Day
Jazz on a Summer's Day1960
Queuebrick Video
WatchedWWatchlistLFavoriteFLists
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1h 22m·Documentary, Music·
Directed by Bert Stern·1960
Rate
7.3/10 avgAverage user ratingSet 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.
DirectorBert SternStudioGalaxy Productions
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Louis ArmstrongSelf | Self |
 Mahalia JacksonSelf | Self |
 Gerry MulliganSelf | Self |
 Dinah WashingtonSelf | Self |
 Chico HamiltonSelf | Self |
 Anita O'DaySelf | Self |
| GGeorge ShearingSelf | Self |
| JJimmy GiuffreSelf | Self |
 Chuck BerrySelf | Self |
| JJack TeagardenSelf | Self |
 Thelonious MonkSelf | Self |
| BBig MaybelleSelf | Self |
| SSonny StittSelf | Self |
| EEli's Chosen SixSelf | Self |
 David BailieSelf | Self |
| DDanny BarcelonaSelf | Self |
| BBob BrookmeyerSelf | Self |
| BBuck ClaytonSelf | Self |
| BBill CrowSelf | Self |
 Eric DolphySelf | Self |
| AArt FarmerSelf | Self |
| HHarold GaylorSelf | Self |
| NNathan GershmanSelf | Self |
| TTerri GibbsSelf | Self |
| UUrbie GreenSelf | Self |
| HHenry GrimesSelf | Self |
 Jim HallSelf | Self |
| PPeanuts HuckoSelf | Self |
 Jo JonesSelf | Self |
| RRay MoscaSelf | Self |