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Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph

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What happens whilst you invite as many jazz musicians as you’ll be able to to pose for a photo in 1950s Harlem? Playful verse and glorious artwork capture an iconic moment for American jazz.

When Esquire magazine planned a subject to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched a crazy idea: how about gathering a group of beloved jazz musicians and photographing them? He didn’t own a good camera, didn’t know if any musicians would show up, and insisted on putting in place the shoot in front of a Harlem brownstone. Could he pull it off? In an interesting choice of poems, Roxane Orgill steps into the frame of Harlem 1958, bringing to life the musicians’ mischief and quirks, their memorable style, and the vivacious atmosphere of a Harlem block stuffed with kids on a hot summer’s day. Francis Vallejo’s vibrant, detailed, and wonderfully expressive paintings do loving justice to the bigger-than-life quality of jazz musicians of the era. Includes bios of a number of of the fifty-seven musicians, an writer’s note, sources, a bibliography, and a foldout of Art Kane’s famous photograph.

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