Jazz on a Summer's Day

Jazz on a Summer's Day

1960 · 82 min · EN · 7.1 (20 votes)
Dir. Bert Stern · Starring Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton, Anita O'Day

...love on a summer's night!

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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.

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A sun-drenched, soulful immersion into the heart of a legendary jazz festival. Feel the rhythm, the community, and the pure joy of music under the summer sky. It's a transportive, feel-good experience that captures a moment in time.

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