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.

Cast

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  Louis Armstrong

  Self

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  Mahalia Jackson

  Self

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  Gerry Mulligan

  Self

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  Dinah Washington

  Self