Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Chuck Stewart Jazz Photographs

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1321
Creators:
Stewart, Charles, 1927-
Dates:
1964 - 1971
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.15 Cubic feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The collection consists of twenty-five inkjet prints from original film negatives of John Coltrane and others. The majority of the photographs were taken by Stewart during the December 10, 1964 recording of Coltrane's biggest hit, "A Love Supreme". Some of the images include Coltrane's wife, Alice Coltrane, and others include musicians Pharoah Sanders, Rashied Ali, and Jimmy Garrison.

Arrangement

Arrangement
This collection is arranged into one series.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Stewart is a jazz photographer, known for photographing portraits used for album and CD covers.

Administration

Author
NMAH Staff
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Archives Center in 2014 by Chuck Stewart.
Processing Information
Collection unprocessed.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Chuck Stewart Photographs of John Coltrane, 1964-1971, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission and licensing requests must be secured from Kim Stewart. See repository for further details.

More Information

General

General
John Coltrane was a jazz saxophonist and composer.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Jazz musicians -- 1960-1970 -- United States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Saxophone Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- Inkjet prints -- 1960-1970 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
African American musicians Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Digital images Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Inkjet prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coltrane, John, 1926-1967 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coltrane, Alice, 1937- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ali, Rashied, 1933-2009 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Garrison, Jimmy Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sanders, Pharoah Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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