One of the best jazz movies ever made. Jazz on a Summer’s Day is a documentary of the July, 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. The film mixes images of the festival, the city, and the America’s Cup yacht race. The festival featured some of the leading jazz artists of the 1950s. The film is highly acclaimed. It was premiered at the 1959 Venice Film Festival and released in 1960.
Thelonious Monk playing Blue Monk
Anita O’Day singing Sweet Georgia Brown and Tea for Two
Featured performers:
Jimmy Guiffre with Bob Brookmeyer – Train and the River
Thelonious Monk with Roy Haynes – Blue Monk
Sonny Stitt – Loose Walk
Anita O’Day – Sweet Georgia Brown; Tea for Two
Dinah Washington with Max Roach – All of Me
Gerry Mulligan with Art Farmer – Catch as Catch Can
Big Maybelle – I Ain’t Mad at You
Chuck Berry – Sweet Little Sixteen
Chico Hamilton with Eric Dolphy – Blue Sands
Louis Armstrong with Jack Teagarten – When the Saints Go Marching In; Rocking Chair; Tiger Rag; Up a Lazy River
Mahalia Jackson – Walk All Over God’s Heaven; The Lord’s Prayer
George Shearing – Rondo
Dinah Washington sings All of Me
Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarten sing Rocking Chair
Gerry Mulligan plays Catch as Catch Can
