Miles Davis - Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. - 1970 | National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
Subject of: Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991

Date: 1970

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 5604 pixels × 9079 pixels, 97.05 MB

Description: This image depicts musician Miles Davis playing the trumpet. Viewed from the shoulders up, and his eyes are cast downward. His hands are visible as he holds his instrument to his lips. He wears a light colored shirt with a scarf around his neck. A microphone is visible at the extreme right of the image.

Place depicted: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Jazz (Music); Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.31

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Miles Davis - Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. - 1970