Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

...love on a summer's night!

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 (36)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

L

Louis Armstrong

Self

Mahalia Jackson

Self

Gerry Mulligan

Self

D

Dinah Washington

Self

Chico Hamilton

Self

A

Anita O'Day

Self

G

George Shearing

Self

J

Jimmy Giuffre

Self

Chuck Berry

Self

J

Jack Teagarden

Self

Thelonious Monk

Self

B

Big Maybelle

Self

S

Sonny Stitt

Self

E

Eli's Chosen Six

Self

David Bailie

Self

D

Danny Barcelona

Self

B

Bob Brookmeyer

Self

B

Buck Clayton

Self

B

Bill Crow

Self

Eric Dolphy

Self

A

Art Farmer

Self

H

Harold Gaylor

Self

N

Nathan Gershman

Self

T

Terri Gibbs

Self

U

Urbie Green

Self

H

Henry Grimes

Self

Jim Hall

Self

P

Peanuts Hucko

Self

Jo Jones

Self

R

Ray Mosca

Self

A

Armando Peraza

Self

Max Roach

Self

R

Rudy Rutherford

Self

S

Sal Salvador

Self

W

Willis Conover

Interviewer

P

Patricia Bosworth

Woman in Audience (uncredited)

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