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.

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	Louis Armstrong	As: Self
	Mahalia Jackson	As: Self
	Gerry Mulligan	As: Self
	Dinah Washington	As: Self
	Chico Hamilton	As: Self

Storyline

Tagline:	...love on a summer's night!
Certification:	AL

Details

Genres: Documentary, Music

Language: English

Release Date: 28 March 1960

Country: US

Runtime: 82m

Company Credits

Company: Galaxy Productions, Raven Films

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Cast

	Louis Armstrong	Self
	Mahalia Jackson	Self
	Gerry Mulligan	Self
	Dinah Washington	Self
	Chico Hamilton	Self
	Anita O'Day	Self
	George Shearing	Self
	Jimmy Giuffre	Self
	Chuck Berry	Self
	Jack Teagarden	Self
	Thelonious Monk	Self
	Big Maybelle	Self
	Sonny Stitt	Self
	Eli's Chosen Six	Self
	David Bailie	Self
	Danny Barcelona	Self
	Bob Brookmeyer	Self
	Buck Clayton	Self
	Bill Crow	Self
	Eric Dolphy	Self
	Art Farmer	Self
	Harold Gaylor	Self
	Nathan Gershman	Self
	Terri Gibbs	Self
	Urbie Green	Self
	Henry Grimes	Self
	Jim Hall	Self
	Peanuts Hucko	Self
	Jo Jones	Self
	Ray Mosca	Self
	Armando Peraza	Self
	Max Roach	Self
	Rudy Rutherford	Self
	Sal Salvador	Self
	Willis Conover	Interviewer
	Patricia Bosworth	Woman in Audience (uncredited)