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.

Genre: Documentary, Music

Director: Bert Stern, Aram Avakian

Actors: Willis Conover, Patricia Bosworth, Frances Taylor, Dorothy Tristan, Martin Williams

Release date: 1960-03-28

Country of origin: United States of America

Length: 1h 22m

Ratings:

• 7.9/10
• 97%