A Great Day in Harlem

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

Feb 24 1995 Not Rated 1h 0m
Documentary, Music

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Jean Bach, Susan Peehl, Matthew Seig

Directed by

Jean Bach

Cast

Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Hinton, Marian McPartland

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Flo-Bert Ltd., Castle Hill Productions, New York Foundation for the Arts

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
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