A Great Day in Harlem (film)
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| Directed by | Jean Bach |
| Written by | Jean Bach Susan Peehl Matthew Seig |
| Produced by | Stuart Samuels Terrell Braly Matthew Seig |
| Starring | Quincy Jones Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Rollins Buck Clayton |
| Narrated by | Quincy Jones |
| Cinematography | Steve Petropoulos |
| Edited by | Susan Peehl |
| Distributed by | Castle Hill Productions |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Great Day in Harlem is a 1994 American
Director Jean Bach acquired an original home movie showing the 1958 photo shoot from musician Milt Hinton.[2] She used Hinton's home video as the basis for her hour-long documentary.[2] In a piece published in The New Yorker, jazz critic Whitney Balliett praised Bach's film as "a brilliant, funny, moving, altogether miraculous documentary."[2]
Jean Bach described how, upon the film's release, a number of similar photographs employed the "A Great Day in..." theme.[3] Hugh Hefner assembled Hollywood-area musicians for "A Great Day in Hollywood" in conjunction with a sneak preview of A Great Day in Harlem.[3] Soon after, "A Great Day in Philadelphia" included musicians such as Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson and Ray Bryant.[3] During the filming of Kansas City, musicians including Jay McShann posed for "A Great Day in Kansas City."[3] A multi-page supplement in The Star-Ledger featured "A Great Day in Jersey," while a Dutch photograph was titled "A Great Day in Haarlem."[3]
The trend spread to other styles of music, with
By 2004, The New York Times was referring to the original photograph as A Great Day in Harlem.[3]
References
- ^ "NY Times: A Great Day in Harlem". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ a b c Martin, Douglas (May 28, 2013). "Jean Bach, Jazz Documentarian and Fan, Dies at 94". New York Times. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ Image Entertainment.
