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Playing the Piano

A celebration of piano players, famous and not so famous, as they practice their artistry.

Museum / Unit

National Museum of African American History and Culture 33 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 33 Filter by term Exclude term
digital media - born analog 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 33 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1920s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 6 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 25 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Florida 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Broward County 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Miami-Dade County 4 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Fort Lauderdale 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Greenville 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Mississippi 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Washington County 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 33 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 33 Filter by term Exclude term
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
The Way of Life of the Northern Negro 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Photography 32 Filter by term Exclude term
Instrumentalists (Musicians) 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Jazz (Music) 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Composers (Musicians) 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Singers (Musicians) 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 4 Filter by term Exclude term
American South 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Communities 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Segregation 3 Filter by term Exclude term

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Nina Simone - Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. - 1969

Joyce Bryant

Jaki Byard, 1978

Film still of Una Mae Carlisle on the set of “I Like It ‘Cause I Love It”

John Coltrane

Autographed photograph of Eubie Blake playing the piano

Professor Longhair, 1973

Barry Harris, 1976

Ray Charles - Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. - 1980

Film still of a group of people gathered around a piano

Indoor Portrait of Two Women and a Boy Standing at the Piano

Photograph of a piano player

Indoor Portrait of Two Children Sitting at a Piano

Mary Lou Williams, 1977

Photograph of Velma Middleton and an unidentified woman at a piano

Indoor Photo of a Man and Woman Facing each other and both are Playing the Piano

The Way of Life of the Northern Negro: Untitled

Roy Meriwether, 1992

Oscar Peterson, 1975

Charles Brown, 1995

Ray Bryant, 1979

McCoy Tyner, 1990

Photographic print of Duke Ellington, Alfredo Gustar, and Billy Strayhorn

Horace Silver, 1977

Shirley Scott, 1976

Billy Taylor, 1993

Hank Jones, 1975

Carol Fran, 1992

Buddy Montgomery, 1980

Photograph of Una Mae Carlisle

Duke Ellington - Roxbury, Mass. - 1970

Ray Charles - Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. - 1980

Don Pullen, 1993

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