The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean BachDirector
Cast
- Quincy JonesSelf - Narrator
- Dizzy GillespieSelf
- Sonny RollinsSelf
- Buck ClaytonSelf
Stills
Themes
photographerphotographyjazz singer or musicianmusic journalistmusic historyold photographwoman directorharlem, new york cityblack historyday in a lifejazz historyhidden history