Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
By Roxane Orgill
Illustrators
Illustrated by Francis Vallejo
Edition
By Roxane Orgill
Hardcover edition
Publisher Candlewick Imprint Candlewick ISBN9780763669546
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Harlem, 1958: Art Kane wasn't sure if any jazz artists would show up to his photo shoot, but "little by little / fifty-seven musicians / form[ed] an upside-down T / underlined / by twelve boys / just happen to be sitting on the curb." Introduction. Author's note. Biographies. The reach of Harlem 1958 beyond Esquire magazine. Source notes. Bibliography. Full-color illustrations done in acrylic and pastel.
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