Released:
1960-03-28

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.

Director:
Bert Stern

Runtime:
1h 22min

Genre:
Documentary, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Louis Armstrong
  as
  Self
• 
  Mahalia Jackson
  as
  Self
• 
  Gerry Mulligan
  as
  Self
• 
  Dinah Washington
  as
  Self
• 
  Chico Hamilton
  as
  Self