- Photograph by
- Spitzer, David D., American
- Subject of
- Don Cherry, American, 1936 - 1995
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 10 1/16 x 13 3/4 in. (25.5 x 34.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (26.7 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 trumpeter Don Cherry performing in New York City. Cherry is wearing a patterned shirt and necklace and holds a pocket trumpet to his mouth with his eyes closed. Behind him another musician plays a large stringed instrument, possibly a tanpura.
- Place captured
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- Object number
- 2012.164.88
- Restrictions & Rights
- © David D. Spitzer
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




