Great Day in Harlem

In August, 1958, the photographer Art Kane (incredibly, on his first professional assignment, a commission for Esquire magazine) assembled some of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century on the steps of a brownstone on 126th Street in Harlem. The famous photograph that resulted inspired books, an Oscar-nominated documentary, and this lovingly-created website.

Related: writer and jazz fan/historian Wayne Bremser offers this thoughtful piece on how, as music moves into the digital era, invaluable information, e.g. liner notes, from jazz recordings isn't being preserved.