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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Earle Warren playing saxophone on stage with unidentified musicians behind him. Warren is looking up and wearing a light colored tuxedo and black bowtie.
Ed Flynn, wearing a light suit and tie, and Benny Carter, wearing a tuxedo, seated on a couch. Dave Dexter is crouched next to Carter wearing a pinstripe suite and smiling.
Glen Gray standing in the back row, fourth from right, with fifteen musicians from the Casa Loma Orchestra. The musicians are seated and standing in two rows outdoors with a mountain in the background...
Herbie Haymer playing saxophone with his eyes closed. Haymer is wearing a white tuxedo and black bowtie. Shorty Sherock is playing trumpet in the background.
Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier standing at the graveside of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith in Chicago, Illinois. Dexter is holding a wreath and all four are looking down.
Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier standing left to right at the graveside of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith in Chicago, Illinois. Dexter is holding a wreath.
Jess Stacy sitting at a dining table and looking to the side with his head resting on one hand. Stacy is wearing a pinstripe suit.
Joe Marsala playing clarinet and looking down. Marsala is wearing a black suit jacket and striped shirt.
Muggsy Spanier playing cornet on stage in front of a column. Spanier is looking to the side and holding the cornet up, wearing a dark tuxedo and black bowtie.
