Benny Goodman on clarinet rehearsing at Cafe Society Uptown, NYC., 1947: Museum Object and Cultural History
Benny Goodman on clarinet rehearsing at Cafe Society Uptown, NYC., 1947: Date: ca. 1947. Created by: Gjon Mili, Albanian American, 1904 - 1984. Subject of: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of a band rehearsing. From left to right the members are an unidentified man on the string bass, Teddy Wilson on the piano, Benny Goodman on the clarinet, and Lionel Hampton on the drums. In the foreground is a chair stacked on a table.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1947
- Created by: Gjon Mili, Albanian American, 1904 - 1984
- Subject of: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
- Subject of: Lionel Hampton, American, 1908 - 2002
- Subject of: Teddy Wilson, American, 1912 - 1986
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image and Sheet): 13 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (34 x 27 cm)
- Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2010.53.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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