Jazz on a Summer's Day
Bert Stern / US, 1958 / 85 min.
The classic jazz concert film: a report on the four-day Newport, Rhode Island jazz festival in 1958. Featuring performances by Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Mahalia Jackson and Chuck Berry, this film also provides a captivating snapshot of the American 1950s.
1958: Newport, Rhode Island constitutes the summery backdrop for the annual jazz festival in this small town on the east coast of the United States. Director and renowned photographer Bert Stern not only intimately recorded the artists and their music, but also filmed the visitors, the surroundings and accidental passers by with the same passion.
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Details
Director
Bert Stern
Production year
1958
Country
US
Original title
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Length
85 min.
Language
English
Format
DCP
Part of
All That Jazz
All That Jazz: a scintillating programme on jazz and film featuring classics, live performances and a focus on exceptional avant-garde and activist filmmakers with a passion for jazz. From Miles Davis to Vincent de Boer, from Sun Ra to Ornette Coleman.
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