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A Great Day in Harlem

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Original title: A Great Day in Harlem
Year: 1994
Running time: 60 min.
Country: United States
Director: Jean Bach
Screenwriter: Jean Bach, Susan Peehl, Matthew Seig
Cast: Documentary
Music: Rick Eisenstein, Johnny Mandel
Cinematography: Steve Petropoulos
Producer: Flo-Bert Ltd
Genre: Documentary. Musical | Half-length Film
Synopsis: 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.

Awards: 1994: Nominated for Oscar: Best Documentary

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A Great Day in Harlem

1994

Jean Bach