Jazz day : the making of a famous photograph

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Label

Jazz day : the making of a famous photograph

Title remainder

the making of a famous photograph

Statement of responsibility

Roxane Orgill ; illustrated by Francis Vallejo

Creator

• Orgill, Roxane

Contributor

• Vallejo, Francis, 1985-

Author

• Orgill, Roxane

Illustrator

• Vallejo, Francis, 1985-

Subject

• Picture books
• Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- Juvenile literature
• Jazz musicians -- New York (State) | New York -- Juvenile literature
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- 20th century -- Poetry

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Picture books
• Poetry

Language

eng

Summary

When Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched a crazy idea: how about gathering a group of beloved jazz musicians and photographing them? He didn't own a good camera, didn't know if any musicians would show up, and insisted on setting up the shoot in front of a Harlem brownstone. Could he pull it off? In a captivating collection of poems, Roxane Orgill steps into the frame of Harlem 1958, bringing to life the musicians' mischief and quirks, their memorable style, and the vivacious atmosphere of a Harlem block full of kids on a hot summer's day. Francis Vallejo's vibrant, detailed, and wonderfully expressive paintings do loving justice to the larger-than-life quality of jazz musicians of the era. Includes bios of several of the fifty-seven musicians, an author's note, sources, a bibliography, and a foldout of Art Kane's famous photograph

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

• 781.65092
• 785.42

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

poetry

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile