Research Catalog

Title

A great day in Harlem documentary collection.

Author

Bach, Jean, 1918-2013.

Supplementary Content

• Documentary official website
• Finding aid for the collection

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

64 videosdiscs : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

“A Great Day in Harlem” is a documentary film directed by the press agent, radio producer, jazz aficionado, and fixture of New York’s jazz scene, Jean Bach. The 1994 film recounts the story of Esquire photographer Art Kane's 1958 portrait of more than fifty notable jazz musicians in front of a Harlem brownstone taken on a morning in August. With notable interviews, Bach tells a story quintessential to jazz history.

Uniform Title

Great day in Harlem.

Subjects

• Jordan, Taft, 1914-1981 > Interviews
• Shihab, Sahib > Interviews
• Morris, Paula > Interviews
• Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 > Interviews
• Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 > Interviews
• Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 > Interviews
• Browne, Scoville, 1909-1994 > Interviews
• Blakey, Art, 1919-1990 > Interviews
• Frankfurt, Stephen, 1931-2012 > Interviews
• Golson, Benny > Interviews
• Griffin, Johnny, 1928-2008 > Interviews
• Jackson, Chubby > Interviews
• Lipskin, Mike > Interviews
• Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 > Interviews
• Locke, Eddie > Interviews
• Lorillard, Elaine > Interviews
• McPartland, Marian > Interviews
• Mulligan, Gerry > Interviews
• Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994 > Interviews
• Altshuler, Robert, 1923-1997 > Interviews
• Benton, Robert > Interviews
• Jazz > 1951-1960 > History and criticism
• Rollins, Sonny > Interviews
• Feature films
• Jazz musicians > New York (State) > New York > Interviews
• Hinton, Milt > Interviews
• Kane, Art > Interviews
• Hinton, Mona > Interviews
• Maxwell, Felix > Interviews
• Silver, Horace, 1928-2014 > Interviews
• Nonfiction films
• Hentoff, Nat > Interviews
• Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 > Interviews
• Documentary films
• Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 > Interviews

Genre/Form

• Feature films.
• Documentary films.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• The documentary collection consists of interviews with Robert Altschuler, Robert Benton, Art Blakey, Scovile Browne, Buck Clayton, Leonard Feather, Stephen Frankfurt, Bud Freeman, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin, Nat Hentoff, Milt Hinton, Mona Hinton, Chubby Jackson, Hank Jones, Jonah Jones, Max Kaminsky, Art Kane, Taft Jordan, Jr., Mike Lipskin, Eddie Locke, Elaine Lorillard (briefly as part of the interview with Chubby Jackson), Marian McPartland, Felix Maxwell, Gerry Mulligan, Paula Morris, Everard Powell, Sonny Rollins, and Sahib Shihab.

Contents

Robert Altschuler -- Robert Benton -- Art Blakey -- Scoville Brown -- Buck Clayton -- Leonard Feather -- Stephen Frankfurt -- Bud Freeman -- Dizzy Gillespie -- Benny Golson -- Johnny Griffin -- Nat Hentoff -- Milt and Mona Hinton -- Milt Hinton -- Chubby Jackson and Elaine Lorillard -- Hank Jones -- Jonah Jones -- Taft Jordan, Jr., Felix Maxwell, Paula Morris, Everard Powell -- Max Kamisky -- Art Kane -- Mike Lipskin -- Eddie Locke -- Marian McPartland -- Gerry Mulligan -- Sonny Rollins -- Sahib Shihab -- Horace Silver.

Call Number

Sc MIRS Great 1996

OCLC

1039896172

Author

Bach, Jean, 1918-2013.

Title

A great day in Harlem documentary collection.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Local Note

Donated by Jean Bach.

Connect to:

Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Documentary official website

Finding aid for the collection

Added Title

Great day in Harlem.

Research Call Number

Sc MIRS Great 1996

Sc DVD 1821-1884

Sc Visual VRB 3367-3399 U-matic