Jazz on a Summer's Day

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Louis Armstrong Self

Mahalia Jackson Self

Gerry Mulligan Self

Dinah Washington Self

Chico Hamilton Self