JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY - BLU

Details

• Release Year: 1959
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and directed by world-renowned photographer Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer's Day features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition of The Lord's Prayer by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning. The film has been beautifully and extensively restored in 4K from the best surviving vault elements by IndieCollect.
• Cast: Jimmy Giuffre, Thelonious Monk, Henry Grimes, Sonny Stitt, Sal Salvador, Anita O'Day, George Shearing, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan, Big Maybelle, Chuck Berry, Chico Hamilton, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Mahalia Jackson, David Baily, Danny Barcelona, Bob Brookmeyer, Buck Clayton, Willis Conover, Bill Crow, Eric Dolphy, Eli's Chosen Six, Art Farmer, Harold Gaylon, Nathan Gershman, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green, Jim Hall, Peanuts Hucko, Jo Jones, Ray Mosca, Armando Peraza, Max Roach, Rudy Rutherford, Patricia Bosworth, Aram Avakian, Bert Stern, Albert D'Annibale, Arnold Perl
• Director: Aram Avakian
• Runtime: 1:22
• Company: The Bert Stern Trust, Kino Lorber, Inc., Kino Classics
• Media Format: Movie