<I>Dizzy Gillespie - on conga drums - Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. - 1980</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Photograph by
content: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: This image depicts the musician Dizzy Gillespie playing a set of conga drums. Seated behind the drums, with another drum set behind him, Gillespie wears a light colored suit and button down shirt. He has a large pendant around his neck. His eyes closed, and his head turned to the viewer's right, he plays the drum with his left hand.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Latin jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.116.13
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Robert Houston
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8497 pixels × 6830 pixels, 110.7 MB