This video honoring the Newport Jazz Festival combines footage from the musical event with highlights of the 1958 America's Cup Race. Acclaimed as one of the best jazz films ever made, JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY captures some legendary performances by jazz greats such as Thelonius Monk and Louis Armstrong in a whimsically beautiful .. Read more
| Starring | Jimmy Giuffre, Thelonious Monk, Henry Grimes, Sonny Stitt |
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| Director | Bert Stern, Aram Avakian |
| Genres | Documentary |
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This video honoring the Newport Jazz Festival combines footage from the musical event with highlights of the 1958 America's Cup Race. Acclaimed as one of the best jazz films ever made, JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY captures some legendary performances by jazz greats such as Thelonius Monk and Louis Armstrong in a whimsically beautiful manner, transporting the viewer back to that clear day in 1958. Director Bert Stern's camera not only captures the humanity and brilliance of these jazz legends, it also creates an aura of warm nostalgia for that very special era in American history.
| Starring | Jimmy Giuffre, Thelonious Monk, Henry Grimes, Sonny Stitt, Sal Salvador, Anita O'Day, George Shearing, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan, Big Maybelle, Chuck Berry, Chico Hamilton, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Mahalia Jackson |
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| Director | Bert Stern, Aram Avakian |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1958 To Rent: DVD: 10 Sep 2001 |
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This documentary record of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival is often hailed as one of the first and most influential... read more on Time Out
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Jazz on a Summer's Day
This atmospheric memento of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival features a line-up that any proper jazz fan would kill to hear: Louis Armstrong, Gerry Mulligan, ... read more »
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What's not to like???
Total Enjoyment! All those jazz stars on one DVD:.Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Geoorge Shearing, Jack Teagarden, and more. Even the audience and the views... read more »
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Slice of cool...
Sublime isn't a word that normally trips from my tongue, I don't remember ever using it before to describe a movie but in the case of JOASD that's ... read more »
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Sublime jazz, film and atmosphere
From the mesmerizing opening shots to the dying chords of Mahalia Jackson's roof-lifting voice this is a sublime film.
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Jazz On A Summer's Day
