Jazz on a Summer's Day
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Release Date
- 27 August 2021
- Genres
- Documentary
- Musical
- Classification description
- U
- Directed by
- Bert Stern
- Starring
- Mahalia Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, Sonny Stitt, Big Maybelle, Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Giuffre, George Shearing, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton, Anita O'Day
- Synopsis
The first great concert film, Jazz on a Summer's Day not only captures some of the greatest performers of the 1950s at the height of their popularity, it is a fascinating record of an era. A record of the fifth edition of the festival, it was directed by famed photographer Bert Stern, in collaboration with Aram Akavian. Featured artists include Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington and the great Mahalia Jackson.
SAT 4 SEP CURZON SOHO, 15:00 --- This screening will follow a 20-minute introductory talk by Ian Haydn Smith, who will place the film and the festival in the context of US culture and society, both in the era the event unfolded and in retrospect, as a snapshot of a musically rich but political turbulent time.