A Great Day in Harlem

A Great Day in Harlem

1994
1h 0m
6.2

6.2/10

9 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary Music History

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

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.

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Status: Released

Revenue: $527,034

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Castle Hill Productions Flo-Bert Ltd. New York Foundation for the Arts
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

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

Quick Facts

Release Date September 27, 1994
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0109934
Website Visit Site

Cast

Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones

Self - Narrator

Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie

Self

Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins

Self

Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton

Self

Key Crew

Stuart Samuels
Producer
Terrell Braly
Producer
Matthew Seig
Producer
Jean Bach
Director