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Jazz Film
October 4, 2010
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A lover of jazz, Romare Bearden made the musicians and clubs of Harlem a subject of his art and considered among his friends Duke Ellington and Albert Murray.
Special Alamo Drafthouse Music Monday presentation of the documentary A Great Day in Harlem (1994). In 1958, dozens of legends unexpectedly gathered together for a photograph that would become emblematic of the golden age of jazz.
A Great Day in Harlem is an hour-long documentary film that brings to life a remarkable moment in the history of jazz - a moment in which dozens of America's jazz legends unexpectedly gathered together for a photograph that would become emblematic of the golden age of jazz. By illuminating this single, historic event, A Great Day in Harlem is a window to an unprecedented era in music history which addresses broader issues of creativity and community in our own time.
It was a Summer day in New York City, 1958. A young photographer paced nervously in front of a Harlem brownstone. He had spread word that he hoped to take a picture for a special edition of Esquire magazine commemorating the golden age of jazz. Yet it was ten in the morning, long before most jazz players were up, and a meager turnout was feared. To everyone's surprise, scores of musicians assembled to create what is now a world-famous, "class photograph" of America's jazz legends.
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320 East 6th Street
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October 4, 2010Times:
7:00 PM
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