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The film mixes images of water and the city with the performers and audience at the festival. It also features scenes of the 1958 America's Cup yacht races. The film is largely without dialog or narration (except for periodic announcements by emcee Willis Conover). Therefore it makes sense to list the groups in the order they appear:

• Jimmy Giuffre 3: Giuffre, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall
• Thelonius Monk Trio: Monk, Henry Grimes, Roy Haynes
• Sonny Stitt and Sal Salvador
• Anita O'Day
• George Shearing
• Dinah WashingtonDinah Washington ( August 29, 1924 December 14, 1963) was a famous American blues, jazz, and gospel singer. Washington was born Ruth Jones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; her family moved to Chicago, Illinois before she started school. In Chicago she studied in W
• Gerry MulliganGerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan ( April 6, 1927 January 20, 1996) was an American jazz musician and arranger. Mulligan was a versatile musician, playing piano, and clarinet, although he was best known for his baritone saxophone playing, but early in his ca Quartet: Mulligan, Art FarmerArthur Stewart (Art) Farmer ( August 21, 1928- October 4, 1999), was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette. From 1945 to 1959 he played in several impor
• Big MaybelleBig Maybelle (born Maybelle Louise Smith May 1, 1924 in Jackson, Tennessee January 23, 1972 in Cleveland, Ohio) was one of the most popular R&B singers of the 1950s, recording for Okeh, Savoy and other labels. She began her professional career with Dave C Smith
• Chuck BerryCharles Edward Berry (born October 18, 1926), better known as Chuck Berry is an American guitarist, singer and composer. Berry was born in St. Louis, Missouri and was the first member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ( 1986). He received Kennedy Center H
• Chico HamiltonChico Hamilton (born September 21, 1921) is a jazz drummer. He was born in Los Angeles in 1921. In the 1940s, he performed with Lionel Hamptom, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. He was one of the original members of the Gerry Mulligan quartet of the early 1 Quintet
• Louis ArmstrongLouis Daniel Armstrong ( August 4, 19011 July 6, 1971) (also known by the nickname Satchmo was an African American jazz musician. Probably the most famous jazz musician of the 20th century, Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative performer whose musical s and his All-Stars: Trummy Young , Danny Barcelona
• Armstrong & Jack TeagardenJack Teagarden ( August 29, 1905 January 15, 1964) was an influential jazz trombonist. Weldon Leo Teagarden was born in Vernon, Texas. His brother Charlie Teagarden and his sister Norma Teagarden also became noted professional musicians. Teagarden's fathe
• Mahalia Jackson

Also appearing are Buck Clayton , Jo Jones and Armando Pareza .

The movie was written by Albert D'Annibale and Arnold Perl . In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.