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Jazz Musician And Subject Of Iconic Photo Revisits 'A Great Day In Harlem' Sixty years ago, Esquire magazine published a now-iconic photo of jazz luminaries. NPR talks with saxophonist Sonny Rollins, one of only two surviving artists in the photo.

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Jazz Musician And Subject Of Iconic Photo Revisits 'A Great Day In Harlem'

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Jazz Musician And Subject Of Iconic Photo Revisits 'A Great Day In Harlem'

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Sixty years ago, Esquire magazine published a now-iconic photo of jazz luminaries, titled "A Great Day In Harlem." NPR talks with saxophonist Sonny Rollins, one of only two surviving artists in the photo.