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A Great Day In Harlem
''A Great Day in Harlem'' or ''Harlem 1958'' is a black-and-white photograph of 57 jazz musicians in Harlem, Manhattan, Harlem, New York, taken by freelance photographer Art Kane for ''Esquire (magazine), Esquire'' magazine on August 12, 1958. The idea for the photo came from ''Esquire''s art director, Robert Benton, rather than Kane. However, after being given the commission, it seems the latter was responsible for choosing the location for the shoot. The subjects are shown at 17 East 126th Street, between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Madison Avenue, where police had temporarily blocked off traffic. Published as the centerfold of the January 1959 ("Golden Age of Jazz") issue of ''Esquire'', the image was captured with a Hasselblad camera, and earned Kane his first Art Directors Club of New York gold medal for photography. It has been called "the most iconic photograph in jazz history". The scene portrayed is something of an anachronism, as by 1957 Harlem was no longer the "hotbed" o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Day In Harlem
''A Great Day in Harlem'' or ''Harlem 1958'' is a black-and-white photograph of 57 jazz musicians in Harlem, New York, taken by freelance photographer Art Kane for ''Esquire'' magazine on August 12, 1958. The musicians gathered at 17 East 126th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenue. ''Esquire'' published the photo in its January 1959 issue. Musicians in the photograph * Red Allen * Buster Bailey * Count Basie * Emmett Berry * Art Blakey * Lawrence Brown * Scoville Browne * Buck Clayton * Bill Crump * Vic Dickenson * Roy Eldridge * Art Farmer * Bud Freeman * Dizzy Gillespie * Tyree Glenn * Benny Golson * Sonny Greer * Johnny Griffin * Gigi Gryce * Coleman Hawkins * J.C. Heard * Jay C. Higginbotham * Milt Hinton * Chubby Jackson * Hilton Jefferson * Osie Johnson * Hank Jones * Jo Jones * Jimmy Jones * Taft Jordan * Max Kaminsky * Gene Krupa * Eddie Locke * Marian McPartland * Charles Mingus * Miff Mole * Thelonious Monk * Gerry Mulligan * Oscar Pettiford * Rudy Powell * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |