A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM - DVD

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• Release Year: 1995
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: 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 (1995) 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'!;
• Cast: Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Buck Clayton, Art Blakey, Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Milt Hinton, Chubby Jackson, Scoville Browne, Felix Maxwell, Paula Morris, Taft Jordan Jr., Everard Powell, Marian McPartland, Bud Freeman, Max Kaminsky, Eddie Locke, Gerry Mulligan, Benny Golson, Ernie Wilkins, Elaine Lorillard, Nat Hentoff, Mona Hinton, Robert Altschuler, Mike Lipskin, Steve Frankfurt, Horace Silver, Henry 'Red' Allen, Count Basie, Robert Benton, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Sonny Greer, Coleman Hawkins, Jo Jones, Gene Krupa, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Rushing, Pee Wee Russell, Zutty Singleton, Stuffy Smith, Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Rex Stewart, Maxine Sullivan, Lester Young, Jean Bach, Susan Peehl
• Director: Jean Bach
• Runtime: 1:00
• Company: Imagine Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie