A Great Day in Harlem (1994)

September 27, 1994 (US) • Documentary, Music, History • 60m

Overview

Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just about every jazz musician at the time showed up for the photo shoot which took place in front of a brownstone near the 125th street station. The documentary compiles interviews of many of the musicians in the photograph to talk about the day of the photograph, and it shows film footage taken that day by Milt Hinton and his wife.

Director

Jean Bach

Writer

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Top Billed

Quincy Jones

Keywords

photographer photography jazz singer or musician music journalist music history old photograph woman director harlem, new york city black history day in a life jazz history hidden history memorable day one time event photo journalist