Jazz on a Summer's Day

<div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b>We have partnered with our friends from the Montco Jazz Festival to present this special screening as part of their festival’s 5th-year festivities.</b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, and Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful, midnight rendition of 'The Lord's Prayer' by Mahalia Jackson to usher in Sunday morning. Presented in a sparkling new 4K restoration, this 1959 classic is considered one of the most extraordinary—and possibly the first—concert film ever made.</span>DocumentaryPT1H28MNR2026-09-16USen
Louis Armstrong
Mahalia Jackson
Chuck Berry
Aram Avakian
Bert Stern
Bert Stern
Jazz on a Summer's Day"Jazz on a Summer's Day"

Showtimes

September 16, 7:00 pm

Ambler Theater