In 1999, the legendary Life Magazine set out to photograph Jazz musicians on the famous stoop in Harlem were historic figures had been photographed in 1958 for Esquire Magazine (known as “The Great Day In Harlem”.) Phil’s father was contacted by Jazz agent Russ Dantzler to find people such as Benny Waters, who was 97 at the time. This is the surviving correspondence.

You get two letters!