Dancing Lady with the Jazz

“She loves listening to the Jazz music live. She knows what she likes to dance.” – Yusuf Yahya

Yusuf Yahya

Dancing Lady with the Jazz

1996

Acrylic and oil on canvas

A painting of three black-skinned figures moving to the beat of an invisible music. The woman to the left is wearing a pink dress and has blue hair. She is dancing. The man in the middle is playing the trumpet. He wearing a red shirt with a striped tie and green pants. The figure on the right is playing the piano, and is wearing a coral shirt and blue pants. The figure is sitting on a brown bench. The background is brightly colored in orange.

The RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center retained rights from artists or next of kin on August 24, 2020