Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard laughing and talking in a recording studio. Brown is holding a double bass and shaking hands with Powell. Singleton is looking forward and...
Low angle publicity photo of Cannonball Adderley wearing suit and playing saxophone.
Capitol Baseball Team posing for group photo wearing uniform shirts and caps with the letter 'C'. Dave Dexter is standing third from left in the back row with hands clasped together. Nat King Cole is...
Charlie Parker playing saxophone and looking straight ahead. Parker is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.
Coleman Hawkins looking up and to the side while playing saxophone. Meade "Lux" Lewis is playing piano, looking up and to the side at Hawkins.
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...
Count Basie seated at the piano during a performance and smiling at the camera. An unidentified musician stands behind Basie.
Dave Dexter standing in the back corner of a studio talking with Zutty Singleton who is seated at a drum set. Six unidentifeid African American men from an unidentified band are seated and playing...
Dave Dexter, Jimmie Lunceford, and Bob Rae sitting on a sofa in the Plantation Club (location unknown). Dexter is holding an instrument case, looking to the side, and smiling. Lunceford is holding a...
Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis, unidentified white man, seated in a recording studio with two other unidentified white men and an unidentified white woman. Dexter, far left, is facing...
Dave Dexter helping Nellie Lutcher up from her seat at the piano during an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher. Ralph Edwards is standing behind Dexter and Milt Buckner is sitting behind...
Dave Dexter, host Ralph Edwards, Nellie Lutcher, and Milt Buckner on an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher. Dexter is speaking to Edwards with hands out and looking down. Edwards is...
Publicity photo of Dizzy Gillespie wearing a suit and beret while holding trumpet in both hands. Gillespie is standing in front of a backdrop with "BeBop" printed on it.
Duke Ellington sitting at the piano and looking up while smiling. Ellington is wearing a tweed jacket and tie.
Mirror reflection of Duke Ellington sitting in a green room. Ellington is sitting backwards on a piano bench looking forward and smiling.
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.
Ed Garland facing forward and looking down while playing bass in the studio. Garland is wearing a white collared shirt and suspenders.
Frank Sinatra standing third from left with the vocal group The Charioteers behind a CBS microphone. James Sherman is playing piano. The other vocalists are Edward Jackson, Ira Williams, Wilfred...
Frank Sinatra standing in a recording studio looking at music on a piano with Bill Miller and holding his hands in his pockets. An unidentified African American male musician is also seen.
George Salisbury playing piano in a studio with Dean Stringer holding a saxophone, Bill Trumbauer holding a trumpet, and several unidentified white male musicians in the background.
Side angle photograph of a group of African American and white male musicians (Lloyd Glenn, piano; Ed Garland, bass; Kid Ory, trombone; Joe Darensbourg, clarinet; Teddy Buckner, cornet (obscured...
Side angle photograph of a large group of musicians performing onstage for KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee stage show in front of an audience at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Front row, trombones...
Large group of African American and white male musicians performing for KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee stage show in front of an audience at Shriner Auditorium in Los Angeles. Seen are: Front row...
Lionel Hampton speaking with Dave Dexter in a restaurant. Hampton is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie, looking directly at Dexter. Dexter is looking to the side with his hand in the air.
Louis Jordan standing next to an unidentified African American man with one hand on the man's shoulder. Jordan is looking down and smiling, wearing a dark suit, patterned tie, and wide-brimmed hat.
