Jazz on a Summer's Day

Jazz on a Summer's Day

"Jazz on a Summer's Day" is a 1960 documentary film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. It was filmed and directed by noted commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern.

The film mixes images of water and the city with the performers and audience at the festival. It also features scenes of the 1958 America's Cup yacht races. The film is largely without dialog or narration (except for periodic announcements by emcee Willis Conover). The groups appeared in this order in the film:

* Jimmy Giuffre 3: Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall
* Thelonious Monk Trio: Thelonious Monk, Henry Grimes, Roy Haynes
* Sonny Stitt and Sal Salvador
* Anita O'Day
* George Shearing
* Dinah Washington
* Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer
* Big Maybelle
* Chuck Berry
* Chico Hamilton Quintet
* Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars: Trummy Young, Danny Barcelona
* Armstrong & Jack Teagarden
* Mahalia Jackson

Also appearing are Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, Armando Pareza, and Eli's Chosen Six, the Yale College student ensemble that included later-legendary trombonist Roswell Rudd, shown playing Dixieland as they drive around Newport in a convertible jalopy. [http://www.albanyjazz.com/concertreviews/roswellrudd-northpointe.html]

The movie was written by Albert D'Annibale and Arnold Perl. It was directed by Aram Avakian, Bert Stern.

In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

DVD availability

The film was issued on New Yorker Films in 2000.ASIN B00003OSU4

The film was also re-released in 2001 by Charly Records and sold with an audio CD of the music and some of the commentary. ASIN: B00005NX0L

External links

* [http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-jazz-on-a-summers-day "Jazz on a Summer's Day"] by Alan Kurtz ( [http://www.jazz.com Jazz.com] )
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References

* Yanow, Scott. 2004. "Jazz on Film: The Complete Story of the Musicians and Music Onscreen". (Backbeat Books) ISBN 0879307838

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