邦題『真夏の夜のジャズ』。しかし、原題には『夜』という言葉は入っていない。そして、単なるジャズ・フェスティバルの映像ではない。この時代を映り取ろうとした作品。ミュージシャンを捉えている時間よりも、観客を映し撮っている時間のほうが長い。そこにこの作品の価値があるのだ。全18曲中、ルイ・アームストロングの4曲が最も多く、表紙の写真がそれを示している。
自分として最も興味深いのは、ダイナ・ワイントンのバックでドラムを叩くマックス・ローチ。そして、チコ・ハミルトンのグループでフルートを吹くエリック・ドルフィー。改めてパッケージを見たら定価14,800円とあった。中古VHSを買うことはないので、ジャズにかなり投資してきた訳である。
1. The Train And The River
2. Blue Monk
3. Blues (The Loose Walk)
4. Sweet Georgia Brown
5. Tea for Two
6. Rondo
7. All of Me
8. Catch As Catch Can
9. I Ain't Mad At You
10. Sweet Little Sixteen
11. Blue Sands
12. Lazy River
13. Tiger Rag
14. Rockin' Chair
15. When The Saints Go Marchin' In
16. Shout All Over
17. Didn't It Rain
18. The Lord's Prayer
1. Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet, tenor & baritone saxes, Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone, Jim Hall - guitar / July 4
2. Thelonious Monk - piano, Henry Grimes - bass, Roy Haynes - drums / July 6
3. Sonny Stitt - tenor sax, Sal Salvador - guitar, Gildo Mahones - piano, Martin Rivera - bass, Louis Hayes - drums / July 6
4 & 5. Anita O'Day - vocals, Jimmy Jones - piano, Whitey Mitchell - bass, John Poole - drums / July 6
6. George Shearing - piano, Emil Richards - vibes, 'Toots' Thielemans - guitar, Armando Peraza - congas / July 6
7. Dinah Washington - vocals, vibes, Terry Gibbs - vibes, Urbie Green - trombone, Wynton Kelly - piano, Max Roach - drums, Don Elliott - mellophone, Paul West - bass / July 6
8. Gerry Mulligan - baritone sax, Art Farmer - trumpet, Bill Crow - bass, Dave Bailey - drums / July 5
9. Big Maybelle - vocals, Buck Clayton - trumpet, Jo Jones - drums, Jack Teagarden - trombone, Tony Scott - clarinet, Buddy Tate - saxes, Rudy Rutherford - saxes, Georgie Auld - saxes, Ray Bryant - piano, Kenny Burrell - guitar, Tommy Bryant - bass / July 5
10. Chuck Berry - vocals, electric guitar, Rudy Rutherford - clarinet, Jo Jones - drums, Tommy Bryant - bass / July 5
11. Chico Hamilton - drums, Eric Dolphy - flute, John Pisano - guitar, Nate Gershman - cello, Hal Gaylor - bass / July 6
12, 13, 14 & 15. Louis Armstrong - vocals, trumpet, Jack Teagarden - vocals, trombone, Bobby Hackett - cornet, Trummy Young - trombone, Peanuts Hucko - clarinet, Billy Kyle - piano, Mort Herbert - bass, Danny Barcelona - drums / July 6
16, 17 & 18. Mahalia Jackson - vocals, Mildred Falls - piano, organ / July 6
Recorded on July 4, 5 & 6 1958 at Newport Jazz Festival, RI.
