A Great day in Harlem
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DVD release of the 1994 motion picture, plus a second bonus disc of "almost three hours of new video profiles of all of the musicians involved in the photograph".-- Container.
"Presented in a 1.33:1 aspect ratio"--Container.
Dual layer format.
The Bonus disc contains an interactive program of over two hours of interviews and some new home movie footage of the musicians in Art Kane's photograph. Besides clicking on each person to see and hear biographical information and more recent interviews, there is a Musician's A - Z Index with the names of the 59 people in the photograph.
Narrator, Quincy Jones.
A great day in Harlem tells the story of Art Kane's famous 1958 group photograph of the jazz greats of the period. Includes home movie footage of that day of the musicians arriving and greeting each other the morning of the shoot. Also includes conversations with musicians and archival performance footage.
Special Features: "Art Kane", "Bill Charlap and Kenny Washington", "Copycat Photos" and "Stories from the making of 'A great day in Harlem'".
DVD, Dolby digital mono.
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PUBLISHED
Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by MMV Image Entertainment, 2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: 2 videodiscs (Disc 1 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bach, Jean.
Seig, Matthew.
Peehl, Susan.
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.
Hinton, Milt.
Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000.
Castle Hill Productions.
Image Entertainment (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Gillespie, Dizzy, -- 1917-1993.
Jazz musicians -- New York.
Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism.
Documentary films.