Jean Bach first laid eyes on the
astonishing photograph more than a decade after its 57 subjects — all
illustrious figures from jazz's golden age — posed on the steps of a
Harlem brownstone in the summer of 1958.
The photo eventually became Bach's obsession and the inspiration for "A Great Day in Harlem," a prize-winning, Oscar-nominated 1994 documentary that explains, through interviews and archival footage, how the magical convergence of dozens of New York jazz legends came to be.
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The photo eventually became Bach's obsession and the inspiration for "A Great Day in Harlem," a prize-winning, Oscar-nominated 1994 documentary that explains, through interviews and archival footage, how the magical convergence of dozens of New York jazz legends came to be.
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