Feature Film Program
Jazz on a Summer’s Day
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It’s a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.
Mon Jun 29 7:00 PM
The Film
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Bert Stern | US | 82
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.
Event Details
7:00 PM
Doors Open
8:30 PM
Film Begins
TICKETS
Venue
The Louis Armstrong House Museum
34-56 107th St, Queens, NY 11368
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