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.

Release Date : September 27, 1994

Runtime : 60m

Genre : Documentary, Music, History  

Companies : Castle Hill Productions, Flo-Bert Ltd., New York Foundation for the Arts

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : photographer, photography, jazz singer or musician, music journalist, music history, old photograph, woman director, harlem, new york city, black history, day in a life, jazz history, hidden history, memorable day, one time event, photo journalist