Musician Oliver Nelson holding an instrument, possibly saxophone, with an animal or monster shaped bell

ca. 1952-1973

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Musician Oliver Nelson holding an instrument, possibly saxophone, with an animal or monster shaped bell
  • Title
  • Musician Oliver Nelson holding an instrument, possibly saxophone, with an animal or monster shaped bell
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1952-1973
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.442
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.442
  • Description
  • Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) played Hard Bop, and Post-Bop jazz. His professional career as a musician began in 1947, with the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra. By the time he moved to Los Angeles in 1967 he was well known as a composer, and he began working in the Hollywood studios, writing for television and movies. Here he is seated holding a musical instrument shaped like an animal or monster. He is wearing a stripped jacket, a white turtle neck, dark pants, and a medallion. Clothing style dates to c. 1957-1967.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Nelson, Oliver, 1932-1975.
    Musicians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Musical instruments--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Entertainers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh