- Photograph by
- Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of
- Billy Eckstine, American, 1914 - 1993
- Parker, Charlie, American, 1920 - 1955
- Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993
- Blakey, Art, American, 1919 - 1990
- Vaughan, Sarah, American, 1924 - 1990
- McGhee, Howard, American, 1918 - 1987
- Potter, Tommy, American, 1918 - 1988
- Date
- August 1944
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Billy Eckstine conducting his band on stage at the Aragon Ballroom in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Charlie Parker plays the saxophone (third from the left) in the first row of seated musicians. Art Blakey is on drums while Tommy Potter is on bass; Dizzy Gillespie and Howard McGhee are also pictured. Sarah Vaughan stands at the microphone in front of the band. The back of the photograph has six stickers with barcode, numbers, reproduction information, caption information and a handwritten inscription of numbers.
- Place depicted
- Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
- Object number
- 2014.302.49
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




