Jazz on a Summer's Day

We have partnered with our friends from the Montco Jazz Festival to present this special screening as part of their festival’s 5th-year festivities.

Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, and Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful, midnight rendition of 'The Lord's Prayer' by Mahalia Jackson to usher in Sunday morning. Presented in a sparkling new 4K restoration, this 1959 classic is considered one of the most extraordinary—and possibly the first—concert film ever made.

Director Aram Avakian, Bert Stern

Cast Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry

Country USA

Language English

Aspect 1.37

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