Photographic print of five jazz musicians

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

Catalog date

ca. 1958

Recorded places

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Black Press; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Jazz (Music); Latin jazz (Music); Nightlife; Photography

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