Monday, May 26, 2025

JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY (1959)

 




















Directed by: Bert SternAram Avakian
Starring: Louis ArmstrongMahalia JacksonGerry MulliganDinah WashingtonGeorge ShearingChico HamiltonJimmy GiuffreAnita O'DayJack TeagardenThelonious MonkSonny StittChuck BerryBig MaybelleDavid BaileyDanny BarcelonaBob BrookmeyerBuck ClaytonBill CrowEric DolphyArt FarmerHarold GaylorNathan GershmanTerry GibbsUrbie GreenHenry GrimesJim HallPeanuts HuckoJo JonesRay MoscaArmando PerazaMax RoachRudy RutherfordSal SalvadorWillis ConoverEli's Chosen Six

83 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, 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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