Photographic print of five jazz musicians: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photograph of five jazz musicians in the midst of a performance. They are positioned in a semi-circle; the man to the far left plays the conga drum. To the right of the congo player, are a man playing the piano, a man playing a drum kit, a man playing a saxophone, and a man playing bongo drums. The man playing the bongos is "Bongo" Kenny and smokes as he plays. The back of the photograph has two barcode stickers and a pink post-it.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1958
• Photograph by: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 6 1/2 × 8 9/16 in. (16.5 × 21.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
• Place depicted: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Latin jazz (Music)
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2014.302.28
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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