A Great Day in Harlem

A Great Day in Harlem is a group portrait of 57 jazz musicians photographed on a building in the 126th Street in Harlem, New York City.

Art Kane (1925-1995), who worked as a freelance photographer for Esquire, the black and white image recorded in the summer of 1958.

The Esquire published the photo in its issue of January 1959. Jean Bach tells the story behind it in her documentary A Great Day in Harlem in 1994. The film was nominated for Best Documentary in 1995 for an Oscar in the category.

Three of the musicians depicted in the photo live today ( August 2013 ) nor Benny Golson, Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver.

( The original image can be here for copyright reasons not be shown. It can be viewed in English but articles )

Sample musicians

Trivia

The photo was also a key object in Steven Spielberg's film Terminal ( 2004).

In the photo also twelve children from the neighborhood sitting next to Count Basie.

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Esquire (magazine) Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Lawrence Brown (musician) J. C. Higginbotham Jimmy Jones (Pianist) Max Kaminsky (musician) Wilbur Ware Apollo Theater Johnny Hodges Sam Cooke Billy Eckstine Pearl Bailey Erskine Hawkins
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