Jimmy Rushing Randall's Island Jazz Festival, New York City, 1960

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A black and white silver gelatin photograph of Jimmy Rushing at Randall’s Island Jazz Festival in New York City, 1960. Captured behind a microphone, Rushing wears a dark suit jacket, bright long sleeve shirt and patterned dark tie. His proper right index finger points up with his closed palm facing the camera. The twin palm emblem of Palm Press, Inc. is imprinted at the bottom right of the photographic sheet.

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