Jazz on a Summer's Day

A familiar past.

Just as the sounds you hear are the familiar sounds of jazz at its most classic (that are in no way outdated), so too are the familiar images of Newport at its most classic: the waterfront skyline, with its steeples and colonial houses, vintage vehicles on parade, and seagoing yachts racing on sunlit waters.

Some things have changed, we no longer get here by ferry, and we no longer dress for a jazz festival as if attending Ascot---but the spirit has remained remakably intact.

Revisit the early days of the Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz On A Summer's Day.

Sit back, marinate some ice cubes and let Louis Armstrong surround you with Up The Lazy River or take Tea for Two with Anita O'Day and enjoy the day.

Sensational America's Cup sailing footage accompanied by Thelonius Monk.

Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960) is a remarkable documentary set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, and filmed and directed by noted commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern.

It's so relaxing, so cool, so Newport.