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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| LLouis ArmstrongSelf | Self |
 Mahalia JacksonSelf | Self |
 Gerry MulliganSelf | Self |
| DDinah WashingtonSelf | Self |
 Chico HamiltonSelf | Self |
| AAnita 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 |