Movie Description

A Great Day in Harlem

(1994)

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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Original TitleA Great Day in Harlem

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1994-09-27

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 00m

Revenue₹ 527034

Homepagehttp://www.a-great-day-in-harlem.com/

Production CompaniesCastle Hill Productions,Flo-Bert Ltd.,New York Foundation for the Arts

Genres

  • Documentary
  • Music
  • History