A Great Day in Harlem [1958]


A Great Day in Harlem is a black and white group portrait of 57 jazz musicians.

Art Kane, a photographer working for Esquire magazine, took the picture at around 10 a.m. in the summer of 1958. The musicians had gathered on 126th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues in Harlem, New York City.

Jean Bach, recounted the story behind it in her 1994 documentary film, A Great Day in Harlem. The film was nominated in 1995 for an Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

The photo was also a key object in Steven Spielberg’s film, The Terminal.

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Photographer: Art Kane

Source: wikipedia.org

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3 Responses
tduermeier says:

Anyone know where I might get a print of this? I’d love to have one, and I know a few people for whom this would make a great gift.

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 at 5:12 am"  
Ian says:

My housemate used to have a copy of this up in his room. Such a great shot and so many important musicians.

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 at 6:44 pm"  
Steve Rhodes says:

There’s a website about this photo

harlem.org

The documentary is available on DVD.

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 at 7:27 pm"  

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