Nappy Lamare playing guitar and "Wingy" Manone playing trumpet in a studio with microphones in the background and foreground. Lamare is looking back at Manone who is facing forward.
A group photo of "Wingy" Manone's Band in a recording studio. Seated (left to right) are Nappy Lamare, "Wingy" Manone, and Matty Matlock. Standing (left to right, in back) are Abe Lincoln, Jake Flores...
Ace Nite Club, located at 700 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Two cars are parked on the street in front and an unidentified man stands next to the entrance.
Benny Goodman relaxing on a sofa while looking up and smiling, during the 1939 Downbeat awards ceremony. Goodman is wearing glasses and a tuxedo, holding a cigarette. A photo caption reads: King of...
Boyce Brown looking down while seated and playing saxophone during a performance or rehearsal. Brown is wearing a dark jacket, vest, and tie. An unidentified pianist and drummer are in the background.
Boyce Brown wearing a white tuxedo and black bowtie. Brown is looking down with arms resting on a railing. In the background are pool chairs, tables, and umbrellas.
The Capitol Jazzmen posed for a group photo. In the back row are Artie Shapiro standing and leaning against a double bass, Joe Sullivan wearing a black tie and looking down, Jack Teagarden holding a...
Charles "Cootie" Williams photographed from the side playing trumpet in front of an unidentified musician. Williams is holding a mute in the trumpet bell. Williams is wearing a white shirt with...
Clarence "Pinetop" Smith's two sons at a piano. One is sitting and playing the piano while looking to the side. The other is standing and looking down.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams standing in front of a wooden barn. Williams is wearing a dark jacket and looking forward.
Count Basie shaking hands with Joe Belford at the Roseland Ballroom. Basie is smiling and looking up. Belford is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.
Count Basie Orchestra members in performance including (left) Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, and Jack Washington playing saxophone; Freddie Green playing guitar, and Walter Page playing double bass. All...
Angled photo of Count Basie playing piano with Benny Goodman playing clarinet. Goodman is standing over Basie and looking forward. Studio equipment is in the background.
Dave Dexter, Andy Kirk, and an unidentified man standing together drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. Dexter is wearing a vest and looking forward. Kirk is standing in the center looking to the...
Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman holding trophies and talking while at the 1939 DownBeat awards event, Waldorf-Astoria. Dexter is wearing a suit and holding one trophy which appears to be a Swing Band...
Bil Burton seated in a sun chair on the beach with Dave Dexter leaning forward on the right. Burton and Dexter are at the beach with an unidentified man and woman.
Dave Dexter leaning back with eyes closed wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Dexter is laying back on Bil Burton who is seated on a sun chair and wearing no shirt.
Dave Dexter speaking with Maxine Gray in Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri. Dexter is holding a pencil and pad of paper and turned toward Gray. Gray is sitting back with a fur coat over her...
Dave Dexter and an unidentified reporter interviewing Sonja Henie. Dexter and Henie are sitting on a wicker sofa. Dexter is looking at Henie who is looking up and to the side.
Dave Dexter interviewing Sonja Henie while sitting on a wicker sofa. Dexter is holding a paper and pencil while looking at Henie who is looking up and to the side, wearing a fur coat.
Dave Dexter speaking with Benny Goodman at a dining table in the Waldorf-Astoria during the 1939 DownBeat awards ceremony. Dexter is seated second from left and holding a cigarette. Goodman is seated...
Pete Johnson, Dave Dexter, and Big Joe Turner during recording session for Decca Records "Kansas City Jazz" album produced by Dexter in New York City. Johnson is sitting at the piano and looking down...
Left to right: Dave Dexter, wearing a pinstripe suit; jazz critic, Leonard Feather; Benny Carter, wearing a light suit and talking into a microphone; and Milt Gabler, record producer; all seated at a...
Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter standing around a radio (or possibly a phonograph) looking down at a record in Dexter's hand at Basie's birthday celebration.
Earle Warren playing saxophone on stage with unidentified musicians behind him. Warren is looking up and wearing a light colored tuxedo and black bowtie.
