Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton, Anita O'Day, George Shearing, Jimmy Giuffre
Original language
English
First release
March 28, 1960 (Netherlands)
Home video distributors
VideoRama (Sweden)
Setting
Rhode Island
Crew
Screenplay
Albert D'Annibale, Arnold Perl
Producer
Bert Stern
Editing
Aram Avakian
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Couch Film Festival 2020
- New York Film Festival 2019 generic
- Telluride Film Festival 2011 generic
- National Film Preservation Board 1999 generic
Titles
| Original title | Jazz on a Summer's Day | |
| Alternate title | Jazz En Sommardag | |
| Alternate title | Festival i jazz | |
| Alternate title | Bert Stern’s Jazz on a Summer’s Day | |
| Alternate title | Jazz på en varm sommerdag | |
| Alternate title | Jazzin juhlaa | |
| Alternate title | Jazz à Newport | |
| Alternate title | Jazz an einem Sommerabend | |
| Alternate title | Jazz in un giorno d’estate | |
| Alternate title | 真夏の夜のジャズ | Japanese |
| Alternate title | Jazz op een zomerdag | |
| Alternate title | Jazz fest og farger | |
| Alternate title | 한여름밤의 재즈 | Korean |
| Alternate title | Джаз в летний день | |
| Alternate title | azz en un día de verano | |
| Alternate title | 夏日爵士傳奇 |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | VideoRama | Sweden |
Soundtracks
| CD | Jazz On A Summer's Day (1984) | 8 releases, 1998-2020: Charly Records, The Soundtrack Factory |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Netherlands | March 28, 1960 |
| Theatrical | United States | March 28, 1960 |
| Theatrical | Soviet Union | December 11, 1989 |
| Streaming | Canada | September 24, 2020 |
| Streaming | Ireland | August 30, 2021 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | September 8, 2022 |
Versions & editions
| Home video VHS | Sweden |
Full credits
| Director | Bert Stern |
| Cast | Louis Armstrong (Self), Mahalia Jackson (Self), Gerry Mulligan (Self), Dinah Washington (Self), Chico Hamilton (Self), Anita O'Day (Self), George Shearing (Self), Jimmy Giuffre (Self), Chuck Berry (Self), Jack Teagarden (Self), Thelonious Monk (Self), Big Maybelle (Self), Sonny Stitt (Self), Eli's Chosen Six (Self), David Bailie (Self), Danny Barcelona (Self), Bob Brookmeyer (Self), Buck Clayton (Self), Bill Crow (Self), Eric Dolphy (Self), Art Farmer (Self), Harold Gaylor (Self), Nathan Gershman (Self), Terri Gibbs (Self), Urbie Green (Self), Henry Grimes (Self), Jim Hall (Self), Peanuts Hucko (Self), Jo Jones (Self), Ray Mosca (Self), Armando Peraza (Self), Max Roach (Self), Rudy Rutherford (Self), Sal Salvador (Self), Willis Conover (Interviewer), Patricia Bosworth (Woman in Audience (uncredited)) |
| Screenplay | Albert D'Annibale, Arnold Perl |
| Producer | Bert Stern |
| Editing | Aram Avakian |
| Sound | Elliot Gruskin |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
