A Great Day in Harlem (1994)

"The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo in the History of Jazz"Movie
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A Great Day in Harlem
StarringQuincy JonesDizzy GillespieSonny Rollins
DirectorJean Bach
NR 1 hrSep 27th, 1994Documentary, Music
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Plot
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

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 27th, 1994
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 3rd, 2006 - Buy DVD
Movie Box Office Gross:$527,034 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Castle Hill Productions FloBert Ltd New York Foundation for the Arts
A Great Day in Harlem on the Web:Official Website
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