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Photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing with other musicians in a recording studio

ca. 1965

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

This is a color photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing with other musicians in a recording studio. In the image Jimi Hendrix is seated in the right hand corner holding a red electric guitar on his lap. Wearing a long sleeve black shirt with edging on the collar, he is leaning over to his right towards a second musician seated next to him. He has a microphone stand in front of him. The musician seated next to Jimi Hendrix wars a white button down shirt and a black hat. Standing behind him is a man in a black and white plaid tee-shirt. He is standing in a quarter turn to the viewer and smoking a cigarette. Standing next to him are two women. One woman is wearing a knee-length brown fur coat, while the other wears a white sleeveless sheath dress.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2021.102.4.2

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