A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
Directed by Jean Bach · 60 min · Documentary, Music, History
15.5 TOPICAL score · #4,988 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
A Great Day in Harlem (1994, directed by Jean Bach) has a TOPICAL score of 15.5 - ranked 4,988 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and awards, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.6/10 (10 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 6 languages.
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- Critics89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.6/10 (10 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 6 languages
- Still read835 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Buck Clayton