A Great Day in Harlem
The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo in the History of Jazz!
Storyline
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.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
Quincy Jones
Self - Narrator
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
Sonny Rollins
Self
Buck Clayton
Self
Frequently Asked Questions
A Great Day in Harlem was released on September 27, 1994.
The runtime of A Great Day in Harlem is 1h 0m.
A Great Day in Harlem is a Documentary, Music, History movie.
A Great Day in Harlem has a rating of 6.6 out of 10 on TMDB.
A Great Day in Harlem is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
A Great Day in Harlem was directed by Jean Bach.
The main cast of A Great Day in Harlem includes Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins.
A Great Day in Harlem is originally in English.