Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Benny Goodman on clarinet rehearsing at Cafe Society Uptown, NYC., 1947
ca. 1947
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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 a band rehearsing. From left to right the members are an unidentified man on the string bass, Teddy Wilson on the piano, Benny Goodman on the clarinet, and Lionel Hampton on the drums. In the foreground is a chair stacked on a table.
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Catalog reference: 2010.53.1