This film is one of the first filmed concerts in the history of cinema and certainly one of the most mythical. This flamboyant film, shot under the summer sun of the Newport Jazz Festival of 1958, offers to enjoy performances by Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day and Big Maybelle. Film proposed on the occasion of the Month of documentary film 2026.

Directed by: Bert Stern

Duration: 1h23

Year: 1959

Country: United States

Format: Documentary

Public: All public

Jazz on a summer's day