Dizzy Gillespie - Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. - 1980: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This image depicts Dizzy Gillespie sitting behind a drum set. Wearing a light colored suit, Gillespie sits leaning forward, forearms leaning on the two drums in front of him, and speaks into the microphone in front of him. He wears a wrist watch on his left wrist and a large pendant on a chain around his neck. Although he faces forward, his eyes glance obliquely to the viewer's right.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980
• 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: 8147 pixels × 6596 pixels, 102.51 MB
• Place depicted: Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Latin jazz (Music)
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2014.116.15
• 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

Sources and reuse

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.