A Great Day in Harlem

The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo in the History of Jazz!

Sep 27, 1994 1h 0m

6.2

9 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title	A Great Day in Harlem
Companies	Castle Hill Productions, Flo-Bert Ltd., New York Foundation for the Arts
Countries	United States of America
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