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A Great Day in Harlem

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

1994-09-27
6.2
en 60m
DocumentaryMusicHistory
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.

Producer

Matthew Seig

Producer

Terrell Braly

Editor

Susan Peehl

Cinematography

Steve Petropoulos

Producer

Stuart Samuels

Director

Jean Bach

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Status

Released

Revenue

$527,034

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

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