Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 28min
- Documentary, Music
- 11 Feb 1960 (USA)
- Movie
The highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
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Awards:
- 2 wins.
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| Jack Teagarden | ... |
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Big Maybelle | ... |
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Sonny Stitt | ... |
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Eli's Chosen Six | ... |
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David Baily | ... |
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Bob Brookmeyer | ... |
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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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Terry Gibbs | ... |
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Henry Grimes | ... |
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Jim Hall | ... |
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Peanuts Hucko | ... |
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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 | ... |
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Aram Avakian | ... |
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| Patricia Bosworth | ... |
Disgruntled Redhead in Audience (uncredited)
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Frances Taylor | ... |
Admiring audience member during Sonny Stitt solo (uncredited)
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| Dorothy Tristan | ... |
Blonde woman in audience reading Camille (uncredited)
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Martin Williams | ... |
Jazz Critic in Audience (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Bert Stern | ||
| Aram Avakian | ... | (co-director) |
Written by
| Albert D'Annibale | ... | (writer) |
| Arnold Perl | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Harvey Kahn | ... | associate producer |
| Bert Stern | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Aram Avakian | ||
| Raymond Phelan | ... | (as Ray Phealan) |
| Bert Stern | ||
Editing by
| Aram Avakian | ... | master editor |
Editorial Department
| Bill Grossman | ... | assistant editor |
| John Welsh Jr. | ... | assistant editor (as John B. Welsh) |
Production Management
| Allan Green | ... | executive in charge of production |
Sound Department
| Elliot Gruskin | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Aram Avakian | ... | still photographer |
| Mike Cuesta | ... | assistant camera |
| Jack Schatz | ... | assistant camera |
| Pierre Streit | ... | assistant camera |
Music Department
| George Avakian | ... | music supervisor / musical director |
| George Wein | ... | creative music producer (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Albert D'Annibale | ... | continuity |
| Lilly Fenichel | ... | script girl (as Lily Fenichel) |
| Arnold Perl | ... | continuity |
| Judi Schoenback | ... | script girl |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Galaxy Attractions (1960) (United States) (theatrical)
- Hillcrest Productions (1960) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Cawall Film (1960) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Radio Films A/S (1960) (Norway) (theatrical)
- CBS (1965) (United States) (tv) (edited version)
- New Yorker Video (2000) (United States) (DVD)
- New Yorker Video (2000) (United States) (VHS)
- AV Channel (2001) (Australia) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2001) (Australia) (DVD)
- Charly Records (2020) (United States) (DVD)
- Kino Lorber (2020) (United States)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2021) (Germany) (theatrical)
- KINO Rotterdam Cinema (2021) (Netherlands)
- Gusto entertainment (2021) (Netherlands)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Columbia Records (sound)
- Deluxe Entertainment Services (color)
- Film Opticals (optical effects)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, 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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| Taglines | Their Songs and Music Set the Musical Mood See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Bert Stern, when trying to retrieve his archives from Spain, offered the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a division of the New York Public Library, all the footage of the film, along with the outtakes, in return for their paying the outstanding $50,000 storage bill and shipping them back to New York. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen (1990). See more » |
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| Quotes |
Louis Armstrong:
I was at a little Italian trumpet player's house, and his mother was a Countess, well they was makin' that spaghetti and we was wailin', you know. In this big ol' dinin' room they had this table and up in the ceilin' they had Mark Anthony and Cleo and all the cats that they painted. Lookin' down on you as if to say, "Man, you shore can eat!" [laughs] Louis Armstrong: Well, we have a lot of fun travelin', man. See more » |