Jazz on a Summer's Day is a 1959 documentary film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. It was filmed and directed by noted commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern. 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport, Rhode Island. ... Bert Stern is an American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer. ...

The film mixes images of water and the city with the performers and audience at the festival. It also features scenes of the 1958 America's Cup yacht races. The film is largely without dialog or narration (except for periodic announcements by emcee Willis Conover). Therefore it makes sense to list the groups in the order they appear: The Americas Cup is the most famous and most prestigious trophy in the sport of yachting, and the oldest active trophy in international sports, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics by 45 years. ... A Master of Ceremonies or MC is the host of a staged event or other performance. ... Willis Conover (1920-May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. ...

• Jimmy Giuffre 3: Giuffre, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall
• Thelonius Monk Trio: Monk, Henry Grimes, Roy Haynes
• Sonny Stitt and Sal Salvador
• Anita O'Day
• George Shearing
• Dinah Washington
• Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Mulligan, Art Farmer
• Big Maybelle Smith
• Chuck Berry
• Chico Hamilton Quintet
• Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars: Trummy Young, Danny Barcelona
• Armstrong & Jack Teagarden
• Mahalia Jackson

Also appearing are Buck Clayton, Jo Jones and Armando Pareza. James Peter Giuffre (born 1921) is an American jazz saxophone and clarinet player. ... Robert Brookmeyer (born December 19, 1929) is an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, and arranger. ... Jim Hall is a programmer for the FreeDOS project and the original developer of the GNU Robots program. ... Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917–February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer known for his unique improvisational style and many contributions to the standard jazz repertoire. ... Henry Grimes (born November 3, 1935) is a jazz double bassist. ... Roy Owen Haynes (born Boston, Massachusetts, March 13, 1925) is one of the most recorded drummers in jazz. ... Sonny Stitt, one of the quintessential bop saxophonists of jazz. ... Anita ODay (born October 18, 1919) is a American jazz singer. ... George Shearing (born 13 August 1919) is a well-known British jazz pianist. ... Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 - December 14, 1963) an American blues, jazz, and gospel singer. ... Gerry Muligan Gerald Joseph Gerry Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996) was an American jazz musician and arranger best known for his baritone saxophone playing who also played the piano and the clarinet. ... Arthur Stewart (Art) Farmer (August 21, 1928- October 4, 1999), was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. ... Big Maybelle (born Maybelle Louise Smith, May 1, 1924 in Jackson, Tennessee - January 23, 1972 in Cleveland, Ohio) was one of the most popular R&B singers of the 1950s, recording for Okeh, Savoy and other labels. ... Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (born October 18, 1926), better known as Chuck Berry, is a highly influential American guitarist, singer and composer. ... Chico Hamilton (born September 21, 1921) is a jazz drummer. ... Louis Armstrongs stage personality matched his flashy trumpet as captured in this photo by William P. Gottlieb. ... Jack Teagarden (August 29, 1905 - January 15, 1964) was an influential jazz trombonist. ... Mahalia Jackson in 1962, photographed by Carl Van Vechten Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911–January 27, 1972) was a United States gospel singer, widely regarded as one of the best in the history of the genre. ... Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas on November 12, 1911-died in New York City on December 8, 1991) was a United States jazz trumpeter, fondly remembered for being a leading member of Count Basie’s Old Testmant orchestra and leader of mainstream orientated jam session recordings...

The movie was written by Albert D'Annibale and Arnold Perl. In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Library of Congress, Jefferson building The Library of Congress is the unofficial national library of the United States. ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...