Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing with other musicians in a recording studio
ca. 1965
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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 between two other seated musicians. He wears a black shirt and black pants and holds an electric guitar on his lap. There is a microphone in a stand in front of him. He gazes downwards at the guitar. To his left is a man wearing a short sleeve green and white plaid shirt and grey pants. He holds a guitar on his lap and gazes towards the viewer. On Jimi Hendrix’s right is another musician in a light colored short sleeve shirt and black hat. He holds his guitar on his lap as he turns towards Jimi Hendrix. Standing behind them are two other men. One wears a button down brown shirt and the other wears a black and white plaid shirt and black pants.
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Catalog reference: 2021.102.4.1
