Benny Goodman seated in a cushioned chair and grinning while reading Jazz Cavalcade by Dave Dexter. Goodman is wearing glasses and a sweater vest.
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...
Benny Goodman and his sextet performing on stage. Goodman is facing to the side and wearing a white suit. All others on stage are wearing black suits. The caption below advertises a PBS special filmed...
Angled headshot of Benny Goodman looking slightly to the side and smiling. Goodman is wearing glasses and a sweater vest.
Headshot of Benny Goodman looking slightly to the side and smiling. Goodman is wearing a sweater vest.
Benny Goodman photographed from the side, standing against a wall and grinning while looking to the side. Goodman is wearing glasses and a sweater vest.
Benny Goodman photographed from the side, standing against a wall and grinning while looking forward. Goodman is wearing glasses and a sweater vest.
Benny Goodman sorting through clarinet reeds in a box. Goodman is seated in a cushioned chair with a clarinet leaning against his shoulder.
Bill Stegmeyer sitting on a chair and playing clarinet with other unidentified studio musicians holding flutes. Stegmeyer is looking down at a music stand and wearing a striped tie draped over his...
Bill Wood sitting in front of an oversized record and playing clarinet. Wood is wearing a dark suit jacket and black tie.
Bob Wilber playing clarinet and Sidney Bechet playing soprano saxophone. Both are holding up their instruments as they play.
Buddy DeFranco playing a Yamaha clarinet (from photo caption).
Buddy DeFranco playing clarinet, Flip Philips playing saxophone, and Bill Harris playing trombone in a Capitol recording studio.
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.
Danny Polo, wearing a dark suit and striped tie, playing clarinet. In the foreground is a trumpet being played by a musician not shown in the photo.
Joe Marsala playing clarinet and looking down. Marsala is wearing a black suit jacket and striped shirt.
Pete Fountain playing clarinet on stage with several unidentified musicians in background. Fountain is wearing a white suit.
Pete Fountain playing clarinet on stage with unidentified musician playing bass. Fountain is wearing a checkered jacket.
Rosy McHargue (far left), Paul Weston (second from left) and a group of unidentified musicians standing around a piano holding instruments for a photo in a recording studio.
Rosy McHargue playing clarinet on stage. McHargue is looking down and to the side, wearing a double breasted suit jacket.
Rosy McHargue playing clarinet in a recording studio. McHargue is looking forward and holding the clarinet up, wearing a light colored suit and checkered shirt.
Tony Beau photographed from above, sitting on the a stage playing clarinet while looking to the side.
Woody Herman looking up and talking to an unidentified man wearing sunglasses who is holding papers.
Woody Herman holding a telephone receiver and looking down while smiling. Dave Dexter is standing next to Herman, leaning toward the receiver and listening in.
Dave Dexter sitting at a typewriter, looking down and typing. Woody Herman is leaning over Dexter's shoulder, looking at the typewriter, and smiling.
