Jazz on a Summer's Day
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.
Top Billed Cast
Louis Armstrong
Self
Mahalia Jackson
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Gerry Mulligan
Self
Dinah Washington
Self
Chico Hamilton
Self
Featured Crew
Bert Stern
Director
Arnold Perl
Continuity
Aram Avakian
Co-Director
Elliot Gruskin
Sound
Courtney Hesfela
Cinematography
Bert Stern
Producer
Arnold Perl
Writer
Bert Stern
Cinematography
Raymond Phelan
Cinematography
Albert D'Annibale
Writer
Aram Avakian
Editor
George Wein
Music Producer
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