A Great Weekend In Harlem
The Harlem Arts Festival is set to kick off this Friday, June 27th. For a third consecutive year, the HAF will seek to increase visibility for home-grown artists and businesses. Yours truly will be...
View ArticleWatch: A Great Day In Harlem (1994)
In honor of the Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival, we are streaming the 1994 documentary A Great Day in Harlem that documents the incredible circumstances that went into the timeless 1958 black and white...
View ArticleA Great Day In Harlem (Part 2): The Distinguished Saxophonists
The saxophone is one of the most dynamic of the instruments used in jazz. It has a vocal tonality that can range from raspy to airy and go from high and soaring to low and deep. On the morning of the...
View ArticleA Great Day in Harlem: The Piano Virtuosos
It all came about on summer day in 1958. A young photographer, by the name of Art Kane, was hired by Esquire magazine to come up with a photograph to accompany an article commemorating jazz. As the...
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