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Monday, November 17, 2008 | 6:24pm
Behind the Scene Footage of ‘Greatest Day’ XXL Cover Surfaces
Lost after 10 YEARS it surfaces
Many of you may remember this XXL magazine cover which was emblematic of the January 1959, Art Kane portrait in Esquire magazine which is recognized as one of the true relics in jazz history. Kane, just a rookie at the time called up and photographed every major New York jazz musician (57 in total) he knew of to pose for the now famous photo on the steps of 17E on 126th street.
Fast forward to 1998 when then upstart XXL magazine wanted to redo the “Great Day in Harlem” shoot with their own “Greatest Day in Hip Hop.” The original brought together the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk and Lester Young while XXL‘s historic recreation brought in 200 plus hip-hop greats which flowed over three stoops. The new photo marked the 40th anniversary of Art Kane’s famous photo and put a new force in XXL magazine on the map.
Now after 10 years in purgatory footage from that shoot now surfaces:
Shout to Underground Hip Hop for the Video.
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nice dish
It be interesting to see how many of those rappers are dead today and how many of them were responsible for their Murders.
thanks for posting this it was an honor to watch it. that was a great day
Folks this is no underground footage. I directed a documentary called A Great Day in Hip Hop, from which these excerpts are taken. These clips can be seen on YouTube any time you want. You can use my name Nelson George or look for the NAN Network. If you want a copy of of the whole doc email me at bkndg@earthlink.net and I’ll sell you one, Its a 30 minutes long. So I don’t know what this dude is talking about. He didn’t “unearth” anything but his search engine on YouTube. peace
where can I get a portrait of teh Hip Hop great Day in harlem
i’m sure if u search online you’ll find some
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