IMDb
7.9 /10
2k votes


Documentary · Music · 1960 · 1h 22min
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.
Sign in and build your archive. The best notes get written right after the credits roll.
Sign in → top right
Official UK Trailer












Available in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)
IMDb
7.9 /10
2k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
7.3 /10
27 votes
Letterboxd
8.2 /10
—
Weighted average
7.8/10