Thursday 4th June 8pm
Bonington Theatre
Tickets £5.00/ £4.00 concs
Jazz on a Summers Day (1960) (Cert 12)
PLUS live piano from 2008 National Jazz Piano Competition finalist Tom Hewson
PLUS live piano from 2008 National Jazz Piano Competition finalist Tom Hewson
Film Dir. Aram Avakian, Bert Stern
Preceding this film at 8pm, we have live solo piano music from 2008 National Jazz Piano Competition finalist Tom Hewson. You can read more about him and listen to music on his website www.tomhewson.com
This classic film of footage from the 1958 Newport Festival features a plethora of jazz stars including: Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Chico Hamilton, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Jimmy Giuffre, Mahalia Jackson, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy and Anita O'Day. If you've not seen it before don't miss this incredible documentary, and if you have, see it on the big screen in all it's glory.
