Jazz Film, Women’s Book Club, Open Day – Summer English Academy

1959 concert film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island (which took place from July 3 to July 6 of 1958.

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The film features performances by Jimmy GiuffreThelonious MonkSonny StittAnita O’DayDinah WashingtonGerry MulliganChuck BerryChico Hamilton (with Eric Dolphy), and Louis Armstrong (with Jack Teagarden). Also appearing are Buck ClaytonJo JonesArmando Peraza, Mahalia Jackson.

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