- Photograph by
- Spitzer, David D., American
- Subject of
- Thad Jones, American, 1923 - 1986
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 5/16 x 13 13/16 in. (23.6 x 35.1 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 x 13 7/8 in. (28 x 35.3 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician and composer Thad Jones playing trumped during a performance in New York City. Jones is photographed close up and from the left. His arm, raised while playing his instrument, partly obscures his face. He wears a bucket hat and a watch on his left wrist.
- Place captured
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- Object number
- 2012.164.169
- Restrictions & Rights
- © David D. Spitzer
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




