Jailhouse Chic

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 14 06:23:11 PDT 2000



>Black jazz musicians
>didn't wear jeans when they were playing, at least not back at the time of
>the Beats.

Check out the famous photo at http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/~horshak/greatday/page1.html of leading '50s jazz musicians that was the subject of the documentary, "A Great Day in Harlem." Looks like only 3 out of 57 of these guys aren't wearing a jacket and tie.

By way of background, this website notes: "Around ten one morning in the summer of 1958, 57 musicians representing three generations of jazz history showed up at 126th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues in Harlem to be photographed taken by Art Kane, a freelance photographer working for Esquire magazine. The photo was eventually published in the January, 1959 issue. This photo also became the basis of a documentary film produced by veteran radio producer, Jean Bach of New York. The film was nominated for an Academy Award ...."

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