Carmen McRae swings with the band, c. mid 1950s
- Description
- This black and white photograph depicts Carmen McRae performing with a band. Shown from the waist up, she stands close to a microphone with her head slightly turned and her eyes closed. She wears a short sleeved striped shirt. Visible behind her are several musicians. A man in a dark suit sits at a piano. Next to him is a man in a light colored suit playing the bass, and a man sitting in a drum set. Behind the men is a sign on the wall with text that reads "BOP CITY." On the back of the photograph is a green sticker with handwritten text that reads "#13."
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Steve Jackson Jr., 1923 - 1999
- Subject of
- Carmen McRae, American, 1920 - 1994
- Jimbo's Bop City, American, 1950 - 1965
- Date
- ca. 1955
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mary E. Jackson, Posthumously and Linda A. Jackson
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19 × 24 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.4 × 25.4 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
