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, Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O’Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition or The Lord’s Prayer by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning.
The 1959 classic is considered one of the most extraordinary and possibly the first concert film ever made. Its sparkling new 4K restoration by IndieCollect, recently premiered at the 57th New York Film Festival. The film was named to the National Film Registry in 1999, and its restoration was funded by the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress in time to celebrate the film’s 60th Anniversary.
New IndieCollect 4K Restoration
Starting Aug 12 in Virtual Cinemas
New York with Film Forum
Los Angeles with Laemmle Theaters
Additional cities opening 8/12 & 8/14 include:
Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle, Washington D.C. and more cities!
“…often heralded as the greatest jazz film ever made…one of the most visually stunning: a color-saturated feast of sound and image“
— Nate Chinen, WBGO
“Several of the performances are among the treasures of filmed music…a rare attention to making images of music that are themselves musical.”
— Richard Brody, New Yorker
“A dazzling array of jazz and rock’n’roll giants are captured on celluloid. Unquestionable highlight is the extraordinary Mahalia Jackson, whose soulful renditions send a shiver down the spine.” – Time Out