Name: Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959) at Metro Cinema
Start: 2024-06-26T18:30:00-06:00
Location: 8712 109 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Alberta T6G 1E9

$Jazz on a Summer\u2019s Day (1959) at Metro Cinema$

This documentary concert film captures the sounds and performances of some of the major jazz artists at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Unlike earlier jazz movies that had been filmed in smoky black and white, this is shot in vibrant color. JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Anita O’Day and Mahalia Jackson perform, and closes with a beautiful rendition or The Lord’s Prayer by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning.
USA 1959, 85 min, Dir: Bert Stern, Aram Avakian
Screening:⁠
June 26 - with a live music performance at 6:30 pm, film at 7:00 pm.⁠
https://metrocinema.org/production/jazz-on-a-summers-day/