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"Herbert" Cello

Made by Nicolo Amati. Cremona, Italy. 1677.

National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution

Frank Sinatra

National Museum of American History Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution

Herman Leonard Collection

Hand-drum

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution

Probably Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux) (attributed)

Omar Sosa

Omar Sosa Quartet at the Lincoln Theatre. April 24, 2007. Performance celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month.

National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in performance with Chester Whitmore, and Shaunte Johnson, dancers at the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
National Museum of American History

Igor Stravinsky

Gelatin silver print by Arnold A. Newman (1946)

National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution

Electric guitar. "Yellow Cloud," designed and used by Prince

National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution

Drum Circle

White Oak Singers. Out of Many: A Multicultural Festival of Music, Dance, and Story.

The National Museum of the American Indian,
Potomac Atrium, Smithsonian Institution

Bell (bo zhong)

Early 5th century B.C.E., Eastern Zhou dynasty, bronze; China. Purchase F1941.9

Sackler Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution