Jazz on a Summer's Day

Jazz on a Summer's Day

"...love on a summer's night!"

1960

1:22:37

Rate

7.2/10 (26)

Genre

Documentary
Music

Plot

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.

Director

Bert Stern