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A Look At The Music, Musicians, And Spectators At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1958. Galaxy Attractions Presents A Film [produced And Directed] By Bert Stern; Raven Films. Originally Released As Motion Picture In 1959. Special Features: Web Links; Mutifunctional Chapter Access To Live Performances, Reflections Of The Stars, 1958 America's Cup, Complete Festival Playlist And More; Interactive Short Featurette, A Summer's Day With Bert Stern (30 Min.), Starring Director Bert Stern With Bonus Scene Selections; Production Notes. Cameramen, Bert Stern, Courtney Hafela, Ray Phealan; Editor, Aram Avakian; Musical Director, George Avakian; Script, Arnold Perl, Albert D'annibale. Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Giuffre, Anita O'day, Jack Teagarden, Chico Hamilton, Sonny Stitt, George Shearing, Big Maybelle And Other Performers. Photographed In Newport, Rhode Island During The Jazz Festival And The America Cup Trials Of 1958. Dvd; Digitally Remastered; 5.1 Surround Sound, Stero Soundtrack.