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| This black and white portrait has so many fascinating stories behind it. (c) New York Times |
On This Day In 1958, freelance photographer Art Kane took a picture of 57 of the most iconic and influential Jazz musicians at 17 East 126th Street in Harlem, New York for Esquire magazine.
The musicians present were:
Red Allen, Buster Bailey, Count Basie,Emmett Berry, Art Blakey,Lawrence Brown, Scoville Browne, Buck Clayton, Bill Crump, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Art Farmer, Bud Freeman, Dizzy Gillespie, Tyree Glenn, Benny Golson, Sonny Greer, Johnny Griffin, Gigi Gryce, Coleman Hawkins, J.C. Heard, Jay C. Higginbotham, Milt Hinton, Chubby Jackson, Hilton Jefferson, Osie Johnson, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Jimmy Jones, Taft Jordan, Max Kaminsky, Gene Krupa, Eddie Locke, Marian McPartland, Charles Mingus, Miff Mole, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Oscar Pettiford, Rudy Powell, Luckey Roberts, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Rushing, Pee Wee Russell, Sahib Shihab, Horace Silver, Zutty Singleton, Stuff Smith, Rex Stewart, Maxine Sullivan, Joe Thomas, Wilbur Ware,Dickie Wells, George Wettling,Ernie Wilkins, Mary Lou Williams and Lester Young.
Benny Golson and Sonny Rollins are the last two remaining musicians alive photographed.
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