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A Great Day in Harlem

  • 19941994
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h
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7.4/10
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A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
  • Documentary
  • Music
The documentary compiles interviews of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine.The documentary compiles interviews of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine.The documentary compiles interviews of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
461
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  • Director
    • Jean Bach
  • Writers
    • Jean Bach
    • Susan Peehl
    • Matthew Seig
  • Stars
    • Dizzy Gillespie
    • Milt Hinton
    • Marian McPartland
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jean Bach
  • Writers
    • Jean Bach
    • Susan Peehl
    • Matthew Seig
  • Stars
    • Dizzy Gillespie
    • Milt Hinton
    • Marian McPartland
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    • 7User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Dizzy Gillespie
    Dizzy Gillespie
    • Selfas Self
    Milt Hinton
    • Selfas Self
    Marian McPartland
    • Selfas Self
    Art Blakey
    Art Blakey
    • Selfas Self
    Quincy Jones
    Quincy Jones
    • Self - Narratoras Self - Narrator
    Sonny Rollins
    Sonny Rollins
    • Selfas Self
    Buck Clayton
    Buck Clayton
    • Selfas Self
    Hank Jones
    • Selfas Self
    Art Farmer
    • Selfas Self
    Johnny Griffin
    Johnny Griffin
    • Selfas Self
    Chubby Jackson
    • Selfas Self
    Scoville Browne
    • Selfas Self
    Felix Maxwell
    • Selfas Self
    Paula Morris
    • Selfas Self
    Taft Jordan Jr.
    • Selfas Self
    Everard Powell
    • Selfas Self
    Bud Freeman
    Bud Freeman
    • Selfas Self
    Max Kaminsky
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Jean Bach
    • Writers
      • Jean Bach
      • Susan Peehl
      • Matthew Seig
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    Storyline

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    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. —Daren Gill
    • photograph
    • jazz
    • esquire magazine
    • f rated
    • manhattan new york city
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      • Documentary
      • Music
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    • Connections
      Featured in The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995)

    User reviews7

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    Top review
    8/10
    An utterly charming documentary
    This fun, informative documentary covers the taking of a classic photo in 1958 for Esquire, that had almost every great Jazz star of the era, from Dizzy Gillespie, to Count Basie to Thelonius Monk, etc etc.

    While the film is too short (just under and hour) to go into any great detail, and maybe a little too much time is spent on various greats 25 years later saying how great everyone else was, there's a sweetness and infectious enthusiasm that director Bach (no spring chicken herself) brings to this collection of memories of a time and place.

    If you have any interest in photography or jazz this is a must.

    BTW - the two disc DVD has literally hours of interesting extras that balance the feature's short running time.
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    • Jan 29, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 24, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Beat Thief Productions
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ア・グレイト・デイ・イン・ハーレム 〜57人のジャズミュージシャンの肖像〜
    • Filming locations
      • Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Flo-Bert Ltd.
      • Jean Bach
      • New York Foundation for the Arts
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $527,034
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $21,078
      • Feb 20, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $527,034
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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