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Film: Documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

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A breezy beeline to a bygone time, Jazz on a Summer's Day is a dreamy document of the legendary lineup at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. With the everlasting likes of Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, and Chuck Berry gracing the round-robin approach, Bert Stern's lively vacuum captures jazz's ephemeral ecstasy during its heyday, before the sound's inevitable downturn with the fast rise of rock 'n roll. Yet with its parade of jiving improv, vivid performances, and appreciative aficionados shot crisply in saturated colors, Stein's tribute is triumphant, engaging its embarrassment of inimitable talent with an expressive eye that achieves a timeless and quixotic quality.

– Jason Jude Chan

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