Bert Stern, the last person to photograph Marilyn Monroe alive, captures the mood of Americana. It’s the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival where, for two days and nights, music legends Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, Anita O’Day (but to name a few!) play and sing for audiences clearly enraptured. Rehearsals and stage performances are intercut with boats, children playing, and folks having fun. Oh, and did we mention the most uplifting and extraordinary live soundtrack ever captured on film? This is the best jazz documentary ever made. Simply delicious.