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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.

Release Date: March 28, 1960

Status: Released

Genres:

Documentary

Music

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Trailer

Cast

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

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Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

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Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan

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Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington

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Chico Hamilton

Chico Hamilton

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Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day

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George Shearing

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Jimmy Giuffre

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Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry

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Jack Teagarden

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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

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Big Maybelle

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