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And I think one of the little kids on the curb is also still alive. 

Esquire reposed those still living a decade or so ago.  BTW The original photo was in a a really good special issue of Esquire entitled "The Golden Age of Jazz".  It really was in that many of the innovators were still alive as were wonderful contemporary artists. 

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33 minutes ago, medjuck said:

And I think one of the little kids on the curb is also still alive. 

Esquire reposed those still living a decade or so ago.  BTW The original photo was in a a really good special issue of Esquire entitled "The Golden Age of Jazz".  It really was in that many of the innovators were still alive as were wonderful contemporary artists. 

Yes, a great time at the beginning of my jazz listening career. I remember the photo first appearing, but I can't remember in which publication.

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Just Sonny and Benny are lest from that day, but the music of those that left remain.   

I wonder were they placed in any particular order? Golson and Farmer are standing next to each other. Both founders of the Jazztet. Marian McPartland with Mary Lou Williams. McPartland use to mention on her Piano Jazz radio program she was friends with Mary Lou. 

Both Monk and Rollins wore light colored suits. They wanted to stand out, feeling everyone else would wear dark suits.  There was a film back in the 1980’s or 1990’s about this day.  I have to find a copy and watch it again.  

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1 hour ago, BillF said:

Yes, a great time at the beginning of my jazz listening career. I remember the photo first appearing, but I can't remember in which publication.

The film of the photo was at the beginning of my jazz listening career Bill. I vaguely remember someone (Benny Golson?) saying something about Hank Jones always commenting on his contemporaries having put on weight in their later years.

I saw it at the Cornerhouse; I suspect you did too.  :g

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10 hours ago, rdavenport said:

The film of the photo was at the beginning of my jazz listening career Bill. I vaguely remember someone (Benny Golson?) saying something about Hank Jones always commenting on his contemporaries having put on weight in their later years.

I saw it at the Cornerhouse; I suspect you did too.  :g

Yes. I did.

8 hours ago, paul secor said:

I always liked Sonny's line about Pres in the film - It was like he came for a short visit from another planet and went back.

Wasn't that Sun Ra? ;)

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12 hours ago, medjuck said:

And I think one of the little kids on the curb is also still alive. 

Esquire reposed those still living a decade or so ago.  BTW The original photo was in a a really good special issue of Esquire entitled "The Golden Age of Jazz".  It really was in that many of the innovators were still alive as were wonderful contemporary artists. 

I have that photo in the Esquire book "Esquire's World of Jazz" published in 1963 but I do think I saw it reprinted in some other book before I got hold of this one about 15 years ago because I remember I had been aware of that photo. I cannot recall what other book that was, though. (It wasn't the K. Abé coffee table photo book which had been my first thought ...)

Ordered the "Harlem 1958" book last night and will hope it will arrive in time for Christmas. My better half has been nagging me about what to get me for Christmas so this will certainly be something to look forward to ... ;)

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Watched it yesterday (for the first time). Fascinating but mindboggling that all the interviewees except Sonny Rollins and Benny Golson are dead now. Time flies ...

But my, did I have trouble understanding Art Blakey and (often) Dizzy Gillespie ...No comparison with Johnny Griffin or Hank Jones or a couple of others ...

Seeing how many of the musicians (and helpers) involved also seemed to have taken snapshots there should be material out there for ANOTHER volume of "behind the scenes" shots (if they can ever be located). :D Starting with the pics taken by Milt Hinton's wife.

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19 hours ago, rdavenport said:

Just watched the film again, took me back (only to 1994 like, but you get what I mean). 

I first saw the film at the Kansas City Film Fest, in late '94 or spring of '95.  One of something like 80 films and docs shown over 2 weeks.

I'd just moved to KC less than a year before (from my college town of 30,000, with only 2 movie screens) -- so I bought an all-Fest pass for $120, and burned about 3-4 days of vacation -- and went to something like 20-25 films -- sometimes as many as 3 in the same day.

Fond memories.  I think I did some version of that for the first 3-4 years I was in KC.

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3 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

Surprise ... the mailman delivered the parcel with the book on my doorstep today. Ordered on Saturday night from the publisher in Italy via Amazon and here it is today. This sure was FAST ...

Whew ... as it is a holidays present this is going to be TOUGH wait until Christmas Eve ... :D

Same for me, in all respects.  I ordered it Saturday and it’s supposed to be delivered today. 

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On 12/1/2018 at 1:02 PM, Dan Gould said:

They should sell prints; I'd buy the Golson - Sonny - Monk shot in a heartbeat.

On second thought, only in a heartbeat after I win the lottery. Check out these rates:

https://www.wallofsoundgallery.com/en/harlem--by-art-kane-harlem----i3868

Apparently I can deduct 22% VAT that's still a gigantic figure at the smallest size available.

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