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The New York Times has reported the death at the age of 94 on Monday of Jean Bach whose 1994 film A Great Day in Harlem, based on an Art Kane photograph of jazz musicians taken in 1958, is one of the most beloved jazz films of recent years. The full obituary is here http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/movies/jean-bach-jazz-documentarian-and-fan-dies-at-94.html