Jazz on a Summer's Day
1959, Documentary/Music, 1h 25m
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It's an exquisite look at a period that is long gone.
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Jackson provides a suitably formidable closer with "The Lord's Prayer," but the movie peaks early with O'Day's stoned version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" and rapid-fire scatting on "Tea for Two."
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Jazz on a Summer's Day is as quietly vital a political document as it is a gloriously entertaining sprint through a long weekend that changed the music industry forever.
August 13, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Few films about jazz treat their subject with less cant than this one. This is photography that has the perfect feel of jazz, and beyond that leaves it alone.
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Several of the performances are among the treasures of filmed music; all of them, whatever their musical merit, are filmed with a rare artistry, a rare attention to making images of music that are themselves musical.
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The sense of well-being is immense.
August 2, 2013 | Full Review…
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Feb 17, 2011There is some amazing stuff here. Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day and Mahalia Jackson stand out.jay n Super Reviewer
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