Estival Jazz

"Jazz on a Summer's Day" is a concert film set at the Newport Jazz Festival

 in Rhode Island, during the famous 1958 edition,
directed by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern.

with

Louis Armstrong

 Mahalia Jackson 

Ray Charles 

Anita O'Day 

George Shearing 

Dinah Washington 

Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Art Farmer 

Big Maybelle 

Chuck Berry 

Chico Hamilton Quintet 

Thelonious Monk Trio

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. 

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Great moments with amazing artists!

 

 

 post originaly published in 2019

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