Dizzy Gillespie - Boston Gardens, Boston, Mass. - 1967: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dizzy Gillespie - Boston Gardens, Boston, Mass. - 1967: Date: October 27, 1967. Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021. Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993.
The object in the museum catalogue
This image depicts Dizzy Gillespie standing and singing in front of a microphone at a civil rights fundraiser with Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Holding his trumpet in his left hand, he grasps the microphone with his right. Wearing a dark pinstripe suit and heavy dark rimmed glasses, he stands straight with his head thrown back and mouth open. Stage lights and an indistinct figure with a saxophone can be seen in the background.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: October 27, 1967
- Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
- Type: portraits
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 5470 pixels × 5545 pixels, 57.86 MB
- Place depicted: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Men
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2014.116.14
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Robert Houston Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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