CinemaOSMovie · 1994 · 1h 0m

A Great Day in Harlem

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

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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.

Directed byJean Bach

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 0m
Language
EN
Released
September 27, 1994
Revenue
$527,034
Studios
Castle Hill ProductionsFlo-Bert Ltd.New York Foundation for the Arts

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Self - Narrator

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Self

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Self

Buck Clayton

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Jean Bach
Produced by
Matthew Seig
Terrell Braly

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