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Arnie Lawrence, Howard McGhee, and Cecil Payne, 1982

ca. 1982

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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 jazz musicians Arnie Lawrence (L), Howard McGhee (C), and Cecil Payne (R) performing in New York City. Lawrence plays tenor saxaphone, McGhee plays trumpet, and Payne plays baritone saxaphone. Lawrence and Payne are framed at the extreme edges of the photo, with McGhee between them.

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Catalog reference: 2012.164.51

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