Axel Stordahl and Frank Sinatra sitting on stools in a CBS radio station. Stordahl is looking down at papers he is holding. Sinatra is looking at Stordahl and grinning.
Sitting left to right at a dining table are Bob Cooper, an unidentified man, Stan Kenton, June Christy, Vido Musso, Henry "Boots" Mussulli, and Bob Gioga. Everyone but Christy is wearing a pinstripe...
Bob Zurke sitting at a piano and looking down at music spread across the top of the piano. Zurke is holding one arm on top of the music and is wearing a dark colored shirt with suspenders.
Carmen Dragon conducting a studio orchestra during a rehearsal or recording. Dragon is raising both arms and leaning back with his eyes closed.
Dave Rose conducting a studio orchestra for the program "California Melodies." Rose is sitting in front of a podium and holding a conducting baton over his head. A group of unidentified musicians are...
Ray McKinley, Majestic recording artist, shown above going over the score of "Hangover Square" with the composer-arranger, Eddie Sauter. "Hangover" is the successor to the memorable "Sandstorm"...
Ella Mae Morse and Johnny Mercer holding hands and embracing as though dancing in front of a patterned curtain. Morse is looking forward and smiling, wearing a white blouse and dark skirt. Mercer is...
Erich Wolfgang Korngold photographed from the side, looking down while playing the piano. Korngold is wearing a suit jacket with a pen in the pocket.
Fletcher Henderson sitting at the piano and turning toward the camera while smiling. Henderson is wearing a black tuxedo and holding his hands on the piano keys.
Franz Waxman conducting at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Unidentified musicians are sitting near Waxman and looking up. Waxman is looking up and extending both arms to the side, holding a...
Franz Waxman conducting in an outdoor theater. Unidentified musicians are sitting near Waxman and looking up. Waxman is looking up and extending both arms to the side, holding a conducting baton in...
Hoagy Carmichael and Olga San Juan standing behind a microphone during radio broadcast of "Say it With Music." Carmichael is holding papers with one hand and embracing San Juan with his other hand...
Seventeen years old and now engraved on crystal is the perennial favorite, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby." It's composer, Jimmy McHugh, shows the highball glass adorned with the title...
Songwriter Jimmy McHugh and Patty Andrews, of the Andrews Sisters, sitting at a dining table and talking. McHugh is looking down and smiling, wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie. Andrews is looking at...
John Scott Trotter standing at a conducting podium holding a baton in one hand and wearing studio headphones while looking down at music with an unidentified man.
Lou Bring, wearing a jacket and tie, Mildred Bailey, wearing a dress and floral headpiece, and Manny Klein, wearing a white suit, seated at a table and smiling while facing camera. An unidentified...
Meredith Wilson, Garry Moore, and Dave Dexter sitting at a table in tile studio with KLAC microphone. Wilson is looking forward and smiling. Dexter is looking down with eyes closed.
Pete Rugolo sitting at a table and writing music on manuscript paper while looking to the side. Rugolo is wearing a white shirt and loosened tie.
Stan Kenton sitting at the piano in a recording studio next to a pile of music. Kenton is looking to the side and holding a cigarette in one hand and a bottle of coke in the other.
Stan Kenton sitting at the piano in a recording studio next to a pile of music and an ashtray. Kenton is looking to the side with one arm on the piano.
Stan Kenton looking up while writing music at the piano in a Capitol Records studio in Hollywood, California. Kenton is wearing a pinstripe suit.
Stan Kenton photographed from above sitting on a carpeted platform on a studio floor with a double bass behind him. Kenton is wiping his head with a small rag and looking forward, wearing a light suit...
Stan Kenton sitting on a carpeted platform on a studio floor with a double bass behind him. Kenton is holding his head with one arm and looking up, wearing a light suit jacket and floral print tie.
Stan Kenton sitting behind a piano looking at papers on an outdoor stage. Microphones and loudspeakers are in the background. Kenton is wearing a trench coat and striped tie.
Stan Kenton standing behind a Capitol Records microphone and looking forward while smiling against a studio wall. Kenton is wearing a tweed suit and patterned tie.
