Dizzy Gillespie & James Moody - Resurrection City. Wash., D.C. - 1968: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This image depicts musicians Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody performing at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign, May-June 1968. Gillespie, standing to the left, wearing a dark colored sweatshirt, dark pants, and white sneakers, plays his trumpet, the bell bent upward. Moody, standing to the right, wearing a dark three piece suit, plays the saxophone. Both men wear glasses with heavy dark rims. There is a microphone standing between them. Behind them is a three piece band: one man, wearing a black suit, plays the drums, a second man is a light colored cardigan plays the bass, and a third man in a dark colored sweater plays the piano. The stage is outdoors and trees can be seen in the background.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1968
• Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
• Subject of: James Moody, American, 1925 - 2010
• Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: portraits
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 5587 pixels × 5370 pixels, 57.23 MB
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2014.116.17
• 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.