The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo in the History of Jazz! In August of 1958 in front of a Harlem brownstone first-time photographer Art Kane assembled 57 of the greatest jazz stars of all time and snapped a picture that would live forever. Narrated by Quincy Jones this ""irresistible"" (Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times) Academy Award-nominated documentary examines the fascinating lives of the musicians who showed up that day to make history. Through remarkable interviews with nearly 30 jazz greats (including Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Rollins and Art Blakey) home movies shot by Milt and Mona Hinton and rare archival performance footage A Great Day In Harlem tells the story behind a legendary photograph that is still alive and kicking - and jammin'!
Track Listing:1. Esquire Shoot2. Legendary Strides3. Early Call4. Idols & Contemporaries5. Loading The Film6. Surrendering To The Art7. The Magic Moment8. End Titles 1. Red Allen2. Buster Bailey3. Count Basie4. Emmett Berry5. Art Blakey6. Lawrence Brown7. Scoville Browne8. Buck Clayton9. Bill Crump10.Vic Dickenson11.Roy Eldridge12.Art Farmer13.Bud Freeman14.Dizzy Gillespie15.Tyree Glenn16.Benny Golson17.Sonny Greer18.Johnny Griffin19.Gigi Gryce20.Coleman Hawkins21.J.C. Heard22.Jay C. Higginbotham23.Milt Hinton24.Chubby Jackson25.Hilton Jefferson26.Osie Johnson27.Hank Jones28.Jimmy Jones29.Jo Jones30.Taft Jordan31.Taft Jordan Jr.32.Max Kaminsky33.Gene Krupa34.Eddie Locke35.Marian McPartland36.Charles Mingus37.Miff Mole38.Thelonious Monk39.Gerry Mulligan40.Oscar Pettiford41.Rudy Powell42.Luckey Roberts43.Sonny Rollins44.Jimmy Rushing45.Pee Wee Russell46.Sahib Shihab47.Horace Silver48.Zutty Singleton49.Stuff Smith50.Willie The Lion Smith51.Rex Stewart52.Maxine Sullivan53.Joe Thomas54.Wilbur Ware55.Dickie Wells56.George Wettling57.Ernie Wilkins58.Mary Lou Williams59.Lester Young Disc 1 - Bonus Features 1.Stories From The Making Of: A Great Day Harlem2.Art Kane3.The Next Generation: Bill Charlap & Kenny Washington4.The Copycat Photos Main FeatureDisc 1A Great Day In Harlem DocumentaryChapters:1.Esquire Shoot2.Legendary Strides3.Early Call4.Idols & Contemporaries5.Loading The Film6.Surrendering To The Art7.The Magic MomentBonus FeaturesDisc 1• ‘Stories from the Making of A Great Day in Harlem’ Featurette•‘Art Kane’ Featurette•‘The Next Generation: Bill Charlap & Kenny Washington’ Featurette•The Copycat Photos’ FeaturetteDisc 2•‘Explore the Photo/Musicans A to Z’–Video profiles of every musician featured in the picture
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