Jazz on a Summer's Day

Directed by Bert Stern
1960    82m    Not Rated
Documentary, Music
7.997%81%
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Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, 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 of Jazz on a Summer's Day
  • Louis ArmstrongSelf
  • Mahalia JacksonSelf
  • Gerry MulliganSelf
  • Dinah WashingtonSelf
  • Chico HamiltonSelf
  • Anita O'DaySelf
  • George ShearingSelf
  • Jimmy GiuffreSelf
  • Chuck BerrySelf
  • Jack TeagardenSelf
  • Thelonious MonkSelf
  • Big MaybelleSelf
  • Sonny StittSelf
  • Eli's Chosen SixSelf
  • David BailieSelf
  • Danny BarcelonaSelf
  • Bob BrookmeyerSelf
  • Buck ClaytonSelf
  • Bill CrowSelf
  • Eric DolphySelf
  • Art FarmerSelf
  • Harold GaylorSelf
  • Nathan GershmanSelf
  • Terri GibbsSelf
  • Urbie GreenSelf
  • Henry GrimesSelf
  • Jim HallSelf
  • Peanuts HuckoSelf
  • Jo JonesSelf
  • Ray MoscaSelf
  • Armando PerazaSelf
  • Max RoachSelf
  • Rudy RutherfordSelf
  • Sal SalvadorSelf
  • Willis ConoverInterviewer
  • Patricia BosworthWoman in Audience (uncredited)
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  • Jazz On A Summer's Day (Trailer 1)
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  • Jazz On A Summer's Day: Thelonius Monk
    Jazz On A Summer's Day: Thelonius MonkScene

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