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    A Great Day in Harlem

    60'

    1994-09-27

    6.6

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

    Documentary,Music,History

    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.

    DirectingJean Bach

    Cast

    2

    Self - Narrator

    Quincy Jones

    1

    Self

    Dizzy Gillespie

    1

    Self

    Sonny Rollins

    1

    Self

    Buck Clayton

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 527034
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Castle Hill Productions
      2. Flo-Bert Ltd.
      3. New York Foundation for the Arts
    • Vote Count: 10
    • Popularity: 0.5422
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:A Great Day in Harlem

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