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A Great Day in Harlem

The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo in the History of Jazz!
Sep 27, 1994 · 1h 0m
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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.

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CAST

Quincy Jones
Self - Narrator
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
Sonny Rollins
Self
Buck Clayton
Self
Directed by Jean Bach

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
$527,034
Production
Castle Hill Productions, Flo-Bert Ltd., New York Foundation for the Arts
Country
US

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