Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.
Top Cast
Louis Armstrong as Self
Mahalia Jackson as Self
Gerry Mulligan as Self
Dinah Washington as Self
Chico Hamilton as Self
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