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Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

...love on a summer's night!

★ 7.3 1960-03-28 1h 22m

Documentary · Music

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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.

Director: Bert Stern Starring: Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington

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Jazz on a Summer's Day Cast

  • Louis Armstrong as Self
  • Mahalia Jackson as Self
  • Gerry Mulligan as Self
  • Dinah Washington as Self
  • Chico Hamilton as Self
  • Anita O'Day as Self
  • George Shearing as Self
  • Jimmy Giuffre as Self
  • Chuck Berry as Self
  • Jack Teagarden as Self
  • Thelonious Monk as Self
  • Big Maybelle as Self

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