85 mins |
Rated
Unrated
Directed by Bert Stern
Starring Thelonious Monk, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, Sonny Stitt, Big Maybelle, Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Giuffre, George Shearing, Gerry Mulligan, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton, Anita O'Day
Deserted Films Presents
In the Historic Camelot Theatre:
-ENCORE-
A SUMMER CONCERT FILM SERIES
***
5 Essential Concert films
On the BIG SCREEN and in Air-Conditioned Comfort
***
OPENING ACT: Treasures from the Deserted Films Archives
***
RAIN OR SHINE!
7/7 – Stop Making Sense (1984) Jonathan Demme (88 mins.)
7/21 – Elvis: That’s the Way it Is (1970) Denis Sanders (108 mins.)
8/4 – Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959) Aram Avakian + Bert Stern (85 mins.)
8/18 – Woodstock (1970) Michael Wadleigh (224 mins.)
9/1 – Wattstax (1973) Mel Stuart (103 mins.)
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8/4 – Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959) Aram Avakian + Bert Stern (85 mins.)
Set at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 and sumptuously photographed by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern, Summer’s Day is an extraordinary musical time-capsule: Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan… But also Mahalia Jackson and Chuck Berry! Anita O’Day’s knockout performance will make you weep! Plus, lots of yachts!
Louis Armstrong: “I saw the Pope too, you know. And he's a fine little fella, you know. He was tickled to death to know that the Italian people enjoyed our music…”
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Deserted Films Presents
In the Historic Camelot Theatre:
-ENCORE-
A SUMMER CONCERT FILM SERIES
***
5 Essential Concert films
On the BIG SCREEN and in Air-Conditioned Comfort
***
OPENING ACT: Treasures from the Deserted Films Archives
***
RAIN OR SHINE!
7/7 – Stop Making Sense (1984) Jonathan Demme (88 mins.)
7/21 – Elvis: That’s the Way it Is (1970) Denis Sanders (108 mins.)
8/4 – Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959) Aram Avakian + Bert Stern (85 mins.)
8/18 – Woodstock (1970) Michael Wadleigh (224 mins.)
9/1 – Wattstax (1973) Mel Stuart (103 mins.)
***
8/4 – Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959) Aram Avakian + Bert Stern (85 mins.)
Set at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 and sumptuously photographed by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern, Summer’s Day is an extraordinary musical time-capsule: Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan… But also Mahalia Jackson and Chuck Berry! Anita O’Day’s knockout performance will make you weep! Plus, lots of yachts!
Louis Armstrong: “I saw the Pope too, you know. And he's a fine little fella, you know. He was tickled to death to know that the Italian people enjoyed our music…”