Hot Jazz
- Photograph by
- Bell, Hugh Cecil Lancelot, American, 1927 - 2012
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- silver and gelatin on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 6 3/8 × 8 7/8 in. (16.2 × 22.6 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.3 cm)
- Description
- A black and white gelatin photograph of a jazz band performing at Circle in the Square, New York, 1952. Silhouetted against a hazy dark background, the band members wear dark suits with bright long sleeve shirts. From left to right: a man bends backwards at the knees as he blows into his clarinet, a man stands upright with a saxophone, a man sits or crouches to play the double bass, a man wearing eyeglasses sits at a drum set, a dark-haired man plays a guitar, and facing the guitarist, a dark-haired man plays the trombone. At bottom right of the image, the hands of a person out of frame are raised in the air. On verso, the title of the photograph is inscribed along the upper edge, and the artist’s mark: [HUGH BELL PHOTOGRAPHY] is stamped in black ink.
- Place captured
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Music
- Musicians
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, generously supported by the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2019.85.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © The Estate of High Bell
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.