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Jazz on a summer's day / a New Yorker Films release ; presented by Galaxy Attractions ; Raven Films ; produced and directed by Bert Stern.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionCollector's ed.
Publication InfoNew York, Ny : New Yorker Films : Distributed by New Yorker Video, ©2000.
Description1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet ([8] pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Subject(s)
Newport Jazz Festival (1958 : Newport, R.I.)
Jazz--1951-1960.
Jazz vocals.
Other author/creatorStern, Bert, director.
Other author/creatorArmstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 performer.
Other author/creatorJackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972 performer.
Other author/creatorMulligan, Gerry performer.
Other author/creatorWashington, Dinah, 1924-1963 performer.
Other author/creatorHamilton, Chico, 1921-2013 performer.
Other author/creatorO'Day, Anita performer.
Other author/creatorShearing, George performer.
Other author/creatorGiuffre, Jimmy, performer.
Other author/creatorBerry, Chuck performer.
Other author/creatorTeagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 performer.
Other author/creatorMonk, Thelonious performer.
Other author/creatorBig Maybelle, 1924-1972, performer.
Other author/creatorStitt, Sonny, performer.
Other author/creatorEli's Chosen Six, performer.
Other author/creatorNew Yorker Films.
Other author/creatorGalaxy Attractions (Firm)
Other author/creatorRaven Films, producer.
Other author/creatorNew Yorker Video (Firm), publisher.
Other author/creatorNewport Jazz Festival (1958 : Newport, R.I.)
Variant title Title on disc label and container: Bert Stern's jazz on a summer's day
Series American independents
American independents. ^A355974
Contents Jazz on a summer's day Short cuts: Live performances -- Reflections ; (84 min.) ; Special features: Newport 1958 [text features] Jazz on film, The impossible, The Festival playlist, The America's Cup; New Yorker Films.
Abstract Enshrined in the National Film Registry in 1999, Bert Stern's 1959 film offers precisely what its title promises. Along with a wealth of great music, the film subtly conveys the economic differences between the music's origins and Newport's wealthy citizens, and highlights the concentration and playfulness of great musicians by photographing them as intimately as possible. Despite the title, this concert film's performances--captured over the course of a weekend during the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival--really shine when night falls. As a documentary, it stylishly immortalizes transcendently beautiful music played on a glorious day, suggesting in the process that film might have no higher purpose.
General noteOriginally produced as an American motion picture in 1959.
General note"Selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, 1999"--Container.
General noteSpecial features include: "A Summer's Day with Bert Stern" (30 min.); Short cuts [featurettes]; Weblink [text feature]; Production notes [text feature].
CreditsCameramen, Bert Stern, Courtney Hafela, Ray Phealan ; script, Arnold Perl, Albert d'Annibale ; musical director, George Avakian ; edited by Aram Avakian.
Performer Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton, Anita O'Day, George Shearing, Jimmy Giuffre, Chuck Berry, Jack Teagarden, Thelonious Monk, Big Maybelle, Sonny Stitt, Eli's Chosen Six.
Date/time/place of a event noteThis film was photographed in Newport, R.I. during the Jazz Festival and the America Cup Trials.
Technical detailsDVD; 5.1 stereo. surround sound; digitally re-mastered.
LanguageClosed captioned.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formFilmed performances.
ISBN1567302149
ISBN9781567302141
UPC 717119165048
Publisher numberDVD 16500 New Yorker Video
Stock numberMidwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com

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