Joe Venuti grinning for the camera
Possibly Joe Venuti standing and grinning at the photographer with a group of unidentified people sitting behind him. Possibly Billy Butterfield greeting the crowd behind Joe.
Joe Venuti sits at a table with a friend
Joe Venuti, left, sitting at a table with an unidentified white male friend.
Joe Williams
Portrait of Joe Williams with a dark jacket and white shirt facing the camera, lips slightly parted.
John Chilton and Buck Clayton speaking to each other in a crowd
John Chilton, wearing a plaid suit jacket and glasses, directly facing and speaking to Buck Clayton, wearing a plaid fedora and necklace, in front of a crowd looking away from them.
John Hammond and Buck Clayton in conversation
John Hammond speaking with Buck Clayton.
John Hammond cut out
Cardboard cut out of a full length photograph of John Hammond wearing a long coat and carrying newspapers.
John Lewis and Buck Clayton at the Swing Street Dedication
Buck Clayton with John Lewis outdoors, greeting a fan, likely at the Swing Street Dedication, New York, with an unidentified group of people behind them.
John Mason in blackface
John "Spider Bruce" Mason performing in blackface at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. One of the last African American comedians to appear in blackface.
Johnny Taylor and Eddie Anderson at the Apollo
Johnny Taylor and Eddie Anderson (well known as Rochester with Jack Benny) performing on stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.
Josh White playing guitar and singing
Josh White singing and playing guitar; facing slightly left against a dark background with other instruments and musicians visible.
Kansas Fields
Kansas Fields looking at a piece of paper he's holding in his hands.
Kenny Drew on piano
Kenny Drew playing piano with a cigarette in his mouth and dark background; oriented to the right but turning his head and eyes almost over his shoulders to the left.
Kenny Kersey and Buck Clayton hanging out with the combo
Buck Clayton lighting a cigarette and smiling; Kenny Kersey on piano with an unidentified group of musicians (African American and white).
Laughing with Tony Maag
Tony Maag and Buck Clayton standing outside the Muskoka Sands Inn, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.
Lee Konitz takes a drink with Earle Warren on a break
Lee Konitz, seated and smiling at the camera, holding a drink can in one hand and a saxophone in the other. Earl Warren is smiling and looking at Lee to his right as he's seated and holding his...
Les Hite Orchestra
The Les Hite Orchestra posed on the stairs of City Hall in Los Angeles with George McDonaugh, Supervisor of the 2nd District (Including: Bill Perkins, banjo ; Parker Berry, trombone ; Lloyd Reese...
Lester Young in a flat hat
Lester Young in a flat black hat similar to a pork-pie hat; looking downwards.
Listening to a session recording with Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson seated with Buck Clayton behind microphones in a recording studio; liquor and wine bottles within reach.
Little girls playing violin
Two little girls playing violin in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.
Lord Alexander Macmillan speaking to Buck Clayton
Lord Alexander Macmillan speaking with Buck Clayton.
Lord Alexander Macmillan talking to Buck Clayton
Lord Alexander Macmillan talking to Buck Clayton, at the launch of the New Grove Dictionary of American Music in New York City in 1986; with Alyn Shipton (far left) and Caroline Richmond (far right)...
Lord Alexander Macmillan with Buck Clayton
Lord Alexander Macmillan with Buck Clayton.