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Jazz on a Summer's Day( 1960)

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...love on a summer's night!

Overview

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.

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      Louis Armstrong

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      Mahalia Jackson

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      Gerry Mulligan

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      Dinah Washington

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      Chico Hamilton

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      Anita O'Day

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      George Shearing

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      Danny Barcelona

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      Bob Brookmeyer

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      Buck Clayton

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      Bill Crow

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      Eric Dolphy

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      Art Farmer

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      Harold Gaylor

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      Nathan Gershman

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      Terri Gibbs

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      Henry Grimes

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      Jim Hall

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      Jo Jones

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      Ray Mosca

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      Armando Peraza

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      Max Roach

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      Rudy Rutherford

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      Sal Salvador

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      Willis Conover

      Interviewer

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      Patricia Bosworth

      Woman in Audience (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • concert film