A Great Day in Harlem, Jazz Portrait, 1958

Print Details About this photograph On August 12, 1958 in Harlem, New York, Art Kane accomplished his first major photography assignment. Shot for Esquire Magazine at 17 East 126th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenue, Kane captured fifty eight jazz giants with his Hasselblad camera. The legendary musicians present included Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Mary Lou Williams, Horace Silver, Gene Krupa, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins and more. This image earned Kane his first Art Directors Club of New York gold medal for photography and is renowned for its impact on Jazz history globally. It has been called "the most iconic photograph in jazz history". Print sizes and editions  16” x 20” paper size - Edition of 100  30” x 40” paper size - Edition of 7 50” x 75” paper size - Edition of 3 Print type C-type print Paper type Epson Fine Art semi-matte archival paper Signature Estate stamped About the photographer Art Kane was one of the most inf