This event is part of the 2024 Melbourne International Jazz Festival.
Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and directed by world-renowned photographer Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer’s Day features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O’Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition of The Lord’s Prayer by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning.
Long considered as possibly the first concert film ever made, Jazz on a Summer’s Day is presented here in a beautiful and extensive 4K restoration.
Jazz on a Summer’s Day is part of MIJF’s Jazz on Film series, taking place at ACMI and Fed Square.