Hirschfeld's Harlem (Hardcover)

Hirschfeld's Harlem. (Manhattan's Legendary Artist Illustrates This Legendary City Within A City) ** By Al Hirschfeld. Applause Books. Hardcover. 128 pages. Published by Applause Books.

Decades before the PBS documentaries, before Bill Clinton, Al Hirschfeld went to Harlem. No artist ever captured Harlem's dangerous highs and bluesy lows like this Master of the Performing Curve. Hirschfeld began his artistic Harlem odyssey six decades ago, charting that legendary New York neighborhood's special rhythms and moods in splashy feverish hues. Hirschfeld's Harlem opens onto a special portfolio of these full-color works, a pictorial essay of the Swing Era. Wynton Marsalis * Quincy Jones * Lena Horne * and Harry Belafonte * among a dozen other Harlem artists and critics, supply accompanying commentary, reminiscences and analysis