My 150 Favorite Movies - #57
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)
Speaking of great music documentaries, Jazz on a Summer's Day is absolutely at the top of my list. The only film directed by acclaimed photographer Bert Stern (the character of Don Draper on Mad Men is said to have been based at least partially on Stern), the film features performances from the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival intercut with images of Newport, Narragansett Bay, and the 1958 America's Cup Trials, set in Newport. Featuring outstanding performances from such artists as Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Berry, George Shearing, and my personal favorite, Anita O'Day, the film is as much a pleasure to look at as to listen to. In 1999, Jazz on a Summer's Day was included for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Speaking of great music documentaries, Jazz on a Summer's Day is absolutely at the top of my list. The only film directed by acclaimed photographer Bert Stern (the character of Don Draper on Mad Men is said to have been based at least partially on Stern), the film features performances from the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival intercut with images of Newport, Narragansett Bay, and the 1958 America's Cup Trials, set in Newport. Featuring outstanding performances from such artists as Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Berry, George Shearing, and my personal favorite, Anita O'Day, the film is as much a pleasure to look at as to listen to. In 1999, Jazz on a Summer's Day was included for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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