A Great Day in Harlem

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A Great Day in Harlem

1994

1h 0m

Documentary

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89%

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19 Reviews

73%

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100+ Ratings

On a summer morning in 1958, photographer Art Kane assembled a remarkable array of leading jazz musicians in New York City's Harlem neighborhood for a group picture. This acclaimed documentary explores the story behind the photograph's creation, featuring interviews with some of the featured performers, who include Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Hank Jones and Milt Hinton. The film is enhanced by footage taken by Hinton himself, who was also an accomplished photographer.

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

10/17/2007

If you wanted to introduce someone to what jazz is all about, this would be an ideal place to start.

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Godfrey Cheshire

Variety

10/17/2007

For non-buffs, pic fails the acid test of exciting interest where there was little or none before; it could easily have covered the same ground in half its length.

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Time Out

02/09/2006

A wonderful, warm little movie.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

09/12/2008

The film is alive and keeps moving briskly.

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TV Guide

10/17/2007

3/4

Even casual fans should appreciate the film's genuine admiration for these great artists, whose lives were interwoven with their creativity and who changed the face of 20th-century music.

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Synopsis

On a summer morning in 1958, photographer Art Kane assembled a remarkable array of leading jazz musicians in New York City's Harlem neighborhood for a group picture. This acclaimed documentary explores the story behind the photograph's creation, featuring interviews with some of the featured performers, who include Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Hank Jones and Milt Hinton. The film is enhanced by footage taken by Hinton himself, who was also an accomplished photographer.

Director: Jean Bach
Screenwriter: Jean Bach, Susan Peehl, Matthew Seig
Production Co: New York Foundation for the Arts
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 13, 2017
Runtime: 1h 0m