Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

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.

Cast

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Louis Armstrong
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Mahalia Jackson
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Thelonious Monk
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B Big Maybelle
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S Sonny Stitt
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E Eli's Chosen Six
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David Bailie
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D Danny Barcelona
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B Bob Brookmeyer
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B Buck Clayton
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B Bill Crow
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Eric Dolphy
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G Gerry Mulligan
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A Art Farmer
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H Harold Gaylor
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N Nathan Gershman
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T Terri Gibbs
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U Urbie Green
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H Henry Grimes
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J Jim Hall
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P Peanuts Hucko
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Jo Jones
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R Ray Mosca
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Dinah Washington
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A Armando Peraza
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M Max Roach
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R Rudy Rutherford
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S Sal Salvador
Interviewer
W Willis Conover
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
P Patricia Bosworth
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Chico Hamilton
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Anita O'Day
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G George Shearing
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J Jimmy Giuffre
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Chuck Berry
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J Jack Teagarden

Crew

Director
B Bert Stern
Writer
A Albert D'Annibale
Writer
A Arnold Perl
Associate Producer
Harvey Kahn
Producer
B Bert Stern
Music Producer
G George Wein
Cinematography
C Courtney Hesfela
Cinematography
R Raymond Phelan
Cinematography
B Bert Stern
Editor
Aram Avakian
Sound
E Elliot Gruskin
Continuity
A Arnold Perl
Co-Director
Aram Avakian