Michael
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Film / 1960
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Directed by
Bert Stern
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.
The story
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 ArmstrongSelf
Mahalia JacksonSelf
Gerry MulliganSelf
Dinah WashingtonSelf
Chico HamiltonSelf
Anita O'DaySelf
George ShearingSelf
Jimmy GiuffreSelf
Chuck BerrySelf
Jack TeagardenSelf
Thelonious MonkSelf
Big MaybelleSelf
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Sonny StittSelf
Eli's Chosen SixSelf
David BailieSelf
Danny BarcelonaSelf
Bob BrookmeyerSelf
Buck ClaytonSelf
Bill CrowSelf
Eric DolphySelf
Art FarmerSelf
Harold GaylorSelf
Nathan GershmanSelf
Terri GibbsSelf
Urbie GreenSelf
Henry GrimesSelf
Jim HallSelf
Peanuts HuckoSelf
Jo JonesSelf
Ray MoscaSelf
Armando PerazaSelf
Max RoachSelf
Rudy RutherfordSelf
Sal SalvadorSelf
Willis ConoverInterviewer
Patricia BosworthWoman in Audience (uncredited)
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