Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Louis Armstrong
Self
Mahalia Jackson
Self
Chuck Berry
Self
Chico Hamilton
Self
Gerry Mulligan
Self
Dinah Washington
Self
Anita O'Day
Self
George Shearing
Self
Jimmy Giuffre
Self
Jack Teagarden
Self
Thelonious Monk
Self
Big Maybelle
Self
Bert Stern
Director
Albert D'Annibale
Writer
Sonny Stitt
Self
Arnold Perl
Writer
Eli's Chosen Six
Self
David Bailie
Self
Aram Avakian
Cinematographer
Danny Barcelona
Self
Bob Brookmeyer
Self
Raymond Phelan
Cinematographer
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)
Harvey Kahn
Associate Producer
George Wein
Music Producer
Courtney Hesfela
Cinematography
Elliot Gruskin
Sound
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Details.
Wiki.
Jazz on a Summer's Day is a 1959 concert film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island (which took place from July 3 to July 6 of 1958). The film was directed by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern and Aram Avakian, who also edited the film. The Columbia Records jazz producer, George Avakian, was the musical director of the film.
The film mixes images of water and the city with the performers and audience at the festival. It also features scenes of the 1958 America's Cup yacht races. The film is largely without dialog or narration (except for periodic announcements by emcee Willis Conover).
The film features performances by Jimmy Giuffre; Thelonious Monk; Sonny Stitt; Anita O'Day; Dinah Washington; Gerry Mulligan; Chuck Berry; Chico Hamilton, with Eric Dolphy; and Louis Armstrong, with Jack Teagarden. Also appearing are Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, Armando Peraza, and Eli's Chosen Six, the Yale College student ensemble that included trombonist Roswell Rudd, shown driving around Newport in a convertible jalopy, playing Dixieland.As was scheduled in advance and announced in the program, the last performer Saturday night was Mahalia Jackson, who sang a one-hour program beginning at midnight, thus ushering in Sunday morning. The film concluded with her performance of The Lord's Prayer.
In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film received a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.