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Jazz On A Summer's Day - Classic 1958 Newport Jazz Festival Concert Box Set CD/DVD/2LPS + Booklet - LIKE NEW CONDITION
CD + DVD EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER CONCERT FILMS. "An audio-visual treat, a moment to savor from the Indian summer of Jazz" - The Guardian "Sixty years on, Jazz On A Summer's Day remains a timeless venture, forever memorable." - Fred Dellar, Mojo Magazine 
COMPLETE FILM DVD + BONUS DOCUMENTARY / EXTRAS NEWLY-REMASTERED SOUNDTRACK ON CD
'Jazz On A Summer's Day' is one of the greatest jazz movies ever made. Conceived by stills photographer Bert Stern (Vogue magazine, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn) and filmed over the four days of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, the movie not only captured inspired performances by some of the biggest names in jazz at the time, but also the style and fashions of late Fifties America. Interspersing footage of the crowds and the America's Cup yacht races with the artists live on stage and largely devoid of dialogue, Stern's fluid form perfectly echoes the jazz vibe tempering a fly-on-the-wall documentary style with surreal, dreamlike flourishes.
His photographer's eye for composition and subject matter is much in evidence in Stern's series of unforgettable images of the performers which include Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, George Shearing, Chuck Berry, Big Maybelle ,Gerry Mulligan and peerless gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, the audience and the picturesque setting of Rhode Island that 4th July week-end. In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Presented as a brilliant box set with a CD/DVD/2LPS and a 16-page booklet. DVD extras include an interview with Bert Stern, an introduction to Jazz On A Summer's Day, artist biographies and photo gallery. This soundtrack CD was recently chosen as one of the all-time classic albums by Mojo magazine in its compendium, The Mojo Collection.
The CD was played twice just to add my favorite cuts to my computer files, the two LP albums have never been played. Everything, including the book, is just like it was when I opened the shrink wrap.