"Jazz on a Summer's Day"

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This 1960 release is a documentary on the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, by then its fifth incarnation. The film intercuts performances by jazz greats with shots of sailboats competing in the America's Cup trials. High points include performances by Thelonious Monk with Roy Haynes, the 1958 version of the Gerry Mulligan pianoless quartet, Chuck Berry with Papa Joe Jones sitting in on drums, and the opener, a stunner by Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Brookmeyer, and Jim Hall. The DVD contains some interesting extras but the first half of the film is marred by some channel imbalance problems with the soundtrack (which I can fix by some athletic knob twisting). Like "A Great Day in Harlem", a wonderful look at the jazz of the late fifties, prior to modal improvising and fusion.

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Topic - "Jazz on a Summer's Day" - rico 13:18:21 04/08/07 (5)

Re: "Jazz on a Summer's Day" some great performances - grinagog 06:27:11 04/09/07 (4)

Re: "Jazz on a Summer's Day" some great performances - rico 08:25:10 04/09/07 (3)

Re: I've got the Japanese laser disc and VHS - grinagog 00:27:29 04/10/07 (2)

Re: I've got the Japanese laser disc and VHS - rico 12:50:17 04/10/07 (1)

Re: nothing at all wrong with the visuals or performances - grinagog 06:38:12 04/11/07 (0)

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