Берт Штерн Although it is the only film director and chief cinematographer Bert Stern ever made, Jazz On A Summer"s Day remains a classic record of the Newport Jazz Festival of 1958 that paved the way for a whole generation of festival documentaries in jazz and rock. Stern was already a noted stills photographer with experience of advertising, portraiture and reportage. Stern"s movie ambitions were limited. He was not a director in the conventional sense, having no experience of working in theatre or films. And he had very little knowledge of the jazz world. He did, however, harbour thoughts of making a documentary film that would reflect his interest in the reportage side of his photography and would encapsulate within its boundaries both entertainment and social observation. Stern was an acquaintance of Jean Stein, daughter of a big chief at the Music Corporation of America. Jean, in turn, had an acquaintance, Elaine Lorillard, part of Newport"s upper crust. Lorillard had been...