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Jazz on a Summer's Day

1960 · 82 min

A sun-dappled, unhurried time capsule that lets you soak in live jazz and the easy rhythm of a summer festival.

Tagline
...love on a summer's night!
Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • art
  • friendship
  • love
  • faith
Places
  • small town
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
Bert Stern
Written by
Albert D'Annibale, Arnold Perl
Starring
Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton, Anita O'Day, George Shearing, Jimmy Giuffre
Runtime
82 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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