Sonny Stitt

Takes a look at the music, musicians, and spectators at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1958. Recreates the look of Stern's still photography into motion, with a display of human observation and scenes of live jazz (84 min.).

Features two historic concerts from one of the founding fathers of bebop. The 1958 Belgium concert features Dizzy working within the small combo (with Sonny Stitt and Ray Brown) structure of a quintet. The second 1970 Denmark show focuses on Dizzy fronting the legendary Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band.