Jazz on a Summer's Day

Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

March 28th, 19601h 22min

Documentary, Music
72%

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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