Photographs of Hip Hop’s ‘Greatest Day’ Go on View at New York’s City Hall Art and Exhibitions The Installation Goes Behind the Scenes of Gordon Parks’s Iconic Photograph, “A Great Day in Hip Hop.” In 1958, the Music and Fashion Photographer Art Kane Gathered Together 57 of the Most Significant Figures in Jazz Music around the Stoops of 17 West 126th Street in Harlem, New York. The Shoot, Known as “A Great Day in Harlem,” was Commissioned for Esquire Magazine‘s January 1959 Issue, and Sitters Included Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Coleman Hawkins, and Count Basie. A Great Day in Harlem (1958) (foto Art Kane | Art Kane Archive) The List of Jazz Greats Hilton Jefferson (1903 – 1968) Benny Golson (1929 – ) Art Farmer (1928 – 2003) Wilbur Ware (1923 – 1979) Art Blakey (1919 – 1990) Chubby Jackson (1918 – 2003) Johnny Griffin (1928 – 2008) Dickie Wells (1909 – 1985) Buck Clayton (1911  – 1993) Taft Jordan (1915 – 1981) Zutty Singleton (1898 – 1975) Henry “Red” Allen (1908 – 1967) Tyree Glenn (1912 – 1972) Miff Mole (1898 – 1961) Sonny Greer (1903 – 1982) J.C. Higginbotham (1906 – 1973) Jimmy Jones (1918 – … Meer lezen over Verity Babbs – Photographs of Hip Hop’s ‘Greatest Day’ Go on View at New York’s City Hall