Billie Holiday, recording studio, N.Y.C.
Maker
Hinton, Milton J.
(American, 1910 - 2000)
Date1959
MediumGelatin Silver Print
Dimensionsimage: 8 3/4 in x 13 in; mat: 16 in x 20 in; paper: 11 in x 14 in
Credit LineGift of David G. Berger & Holly Maxson, Milton J. Hinton Photographic Collection
Object number2018:196
About the ArtistMilt Hinton, regarded as the dean of jazz bass players, was born in Mississippi in 1910 prior to moving to Chicago at the age of eleven. Hinton studied under legendary Chicago educator and musician, Nathaniel Clark Smith. Establishing a key role in the Chicago Jazz scene, he sustained a lucrative jazz career which included a fifteen-year stint performing with Cab Calloway. He began photographing in the 1930s, creating over 60,000 images over six decades. His work examines an extensive list of jazz musicians and friends in a variety of contexts ranging from intimate home settings to scenes on tour. He held solo exhibitions at the Rhode Island School of Design, RI (1991); The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (1997), and the Denver Museum of Art, CO (1991), among many others.
