Big band

Neiman, LeRoy (1921-2012)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

2005

Height:

274.0 cm  (107 7/8 in.)

Width:

396.0 cm  (155 15/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

New York (New York, United States)

Description

Painting depicting Neiman's dream big band with 18 jazz musicians: Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Lester Young, Glen Miller, Charles Mingus, J.J. Johnson, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis and Gene Krupa.

People as subjects

Holiday, Billie (1915-1959) (Musician)
Hampton, Lionel (1908-2002) (Musician)
Ellington, Duke (1899-1974) (Musician)
Goodman, Benny (1909-1986) (Musician)
Mingus, Charles (1922-1979) (Musician)
Krupa, Gene (1909-1973) (Musician)
Gillespie, Dizzy (1917-1993) (Musician)
Mulligan, Gerry (1927-1996) (Musician)
Young, Lester (1909-1959) (Musician)
Marsalis, Wynton (1961-) (Musician)
Dorsey, Tommy (1905-1956) (Musician)
Davis, Miles (1926-1991) (Musician)
Miller, Glenn (1904-1944) (Musician)
Johnson, J. J. (1924-2001) (Musician)
Parker, Charlie (1920-1955) (Musician)
Fitzgerald, Ella (1917-1996) (Musician)
Armstrong, Louis (1901-1971) (Musician)
Coltrane, John (1926-1967) (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pianoforte [2299]
Clarinet [3836]
Double bass [3111]
Vibraphone [2985]
Trumpet [4446]
Saxophone [4346]
Trombone [4369]
Drum set [5703]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

7417