Movie
A Great Day in Harlem
“The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo in the History of Jazz!”
6.2/10
1994
1h 0m
en
Documentary
Music
History
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
Movie Information
Release Date
September 27, 1994
Runtime
1h 0m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
9
Production
Castle Hill Productions
Flo-Bert Ltd.
New York Foundation for the Arts
