| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-11-01 | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 128 pages | | Height: | 12.0 in | | Width: | 9.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 22.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
On a summer morning in 1958 Esquire magazine assembled the greatest jazz luminaries of the day on a door stoop in Harlem for what became the most famous, most recognized and most collected jazz picture ever, the focus for the 1995 Oscar-nominated film A Great Day in Harlem. This is the first book ever published about thai day, and features the now-immortalized image, and many more shots including Milt Hinton and Art Kane, and even Dizzy Gillespie. Great Jazz Day in Harlem includes essays on how the famous picture came to be and, in both narrative form and in the words of some of the musicians present, what exactly happened on that famous day in jazz history.
This must-have book for true fans of jazz contains rare photographs by Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Hinton and Art Kane, among others. Texts are written by Charles Graham, Dan Morgenstern, Ralph Ellison, Whitney Balliett and Jean Bach. The centerpiece of this long-overdue book is the classic photograph made in front of a Harlem brownstone by Art Kane for Esquire in 1958 featuring 57 of the greatest jazz musicians of the era. Considered one of the most important jazz photographs ever made, it hangs on thousands of walls around the world and is the subject of Jean Bach's award-winning documentary film A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM. This remarkable photograph, as well as the outtakes and candid pictures shot that day, represents an extraordinary cross section of people and musical styles. Included are stars like Count Basie, Dizzie Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young, Benny Carter and Rex Stewart, among many others, standing side by side with the young Turks of the day, later to become stars, such as Gerry Mulligan, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus. The texts evoke that rich period of jazz history and provide full biographical information about all the musicians pictured. Also featured is another epic photograph, "Trumpet Players in Central Park," a 1964 classic with 18 of the greatest horn players of the day. This book will be a vital addition to any jazz fan's library.
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