| Description |
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
American independents.
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| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD; 5.1 surround sound, stereo. soundtrack. |
| Performer |
Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Giuffre, Anita O'Day, Jack Teagarden, Chico Hamilton, Sonny Stitt, George Shearing, Big Maybelle and other performers. |
| Credits |
Cameramen, Bert Stern, Courtney Hafela, Ray Phealan; editor, Aram Avakian; musical director, George Avakian; script, Arnold Perl, Albert d'Annibale. |
| Event |
Photographed in Newport, Rhode Island during the Jazz Festival and the America Cup Trials of 1958. |
| Note |
Originally produced as motion picture in 1959. |
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Special features: web links; mutifunctional chapter access to live performances, reflections of the stars, 1958 America's cup, complete festival playlist and more; interactive short featurette, A summer's day with Bert Stern (30 min.), starring director Bert Stern with bonus scene selections; production notes. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Summary |
Takes a look at the music, musicians, and spectators at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1958. Recreates the look of Stern's still photography into motion, with a display of human observation and scenes of live jazz (84 min.). |
| Subject |
Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- Videodiscs.
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Jazz vocals -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Newport Jazz Festival (1958) -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Musical films.
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| Added Author |
Stern, Bert, director.
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Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, performer.
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Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972, performer.
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Berry, Chuck, performer.
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Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963, performer.
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Monk, Thelonious, performer.
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Mulligan, Gerry, performer.
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Giuffre, Jimmy, performer.
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O'Day, Anita, performer.
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Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964, performer.
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Hamilton, Chico, 1921-2013, performer.
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Stitt, Sonny, performer.
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Shearing, George, performer.
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Big Maybelle, 1924-1972, performer.
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Raven Films, producer.
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New Yorker Video (Firm), publisher.
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Newport Jazz Festival (1958)
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| Note |
Title on disc label: Bert Stern's jazz on a summer's day |
| Added Title |
Summer's day.
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Summer's day with Bert Stern.
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| ISBN |
1567302149 |
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9781567302141 |
| Standard No. |
717119165048 |
| Music No. |
DVD 16500 New Yorker Video |
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