Rent Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)
4.0 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 25min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- 'Jazz on a Summer's Day' is acclaimed as being one of the most exciting jazz concerts ever recorded, a timeless record of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Bert Stern recreates the look and style of his acclaimed still photographs into his own motion picture documenting some of the most stunning images of live jazz ever brought to the silver screen. Photographed like an Impressionist painting, Stern let the artists and the people who attended Newport 1958 do the talking.
- Actors:
- Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Aram Avakian, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton, Anita O'Day, George Shearing, Jimmy Giuffre, Jack Teagarden, Thelonious Monk, Big Maybelle, Sonny Stitt, Eli's Chosen Six, David Baily, Danny Barcelona, Bob Brookmeyer, Buck Clayton, Bill Crow
- Directors:
- Bert Stern, Aram Avakian
- Producers:
- Bert Stern
- Writers:
- Albert D'Annibale, Arnold Perl
- Aka:
- Bert Stern's Jazz on a Summer's Day
- Studio:
- Charly
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Special Interest
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/09/2021
- Run Time:
- 85 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Trailer
- Audio Commentary by Music Journalist Natalie Weiner
- Archival Interviews with Director Bert Stern
