A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo in the History of Jazz!
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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Quincy Jones Quincy Jones As: Self - Narrator
Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie As: Self
Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins As: Self
Buck Clayton Buck Clayton As: Self
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo in the History of Jazz!
Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Documentary, Music, History

Language: English

Release Date: 27 September 1994

Country: US

Runtime: 60m

Company Credits

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

Revenue: $527,034

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Cast

Directed By

Jean Bach

Jean Bach

Director

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Sound

Jerry Stein

Jerry Stein

Sound Mixer

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Lighting

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Other Crew

Steve Petropoulos

Steve Petropoulos

Cinematography

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