Count Basie and Art Tatum sitting at a piano together in front of a stage curtain. Basie is holding a cigarette in one hand and looking down. Tatum is looking up and smiling.
Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs standing against a studio wall and smiling. Basie is wearing a light colored suit and looking to the side. Wallichs is wearing a dark colored suit 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 against a wall facing forward, wearing a tuxedo and bowtie, and smiling.
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.
Count Basie seated at the piano during a performance and smiling at the camera. An unidentified musician stands behind Basie.
Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936 through 1968. Like the friendly, gracious Count...
In Hollywood, in 1946, Count Basie smokes his pipe and enjoys the company of his supporters Dave Dexter, Jr., the writer and record producer; John Hammond, who discovered him in Kansas City; and Sonny...
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.
Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, and John Hammond standing behind a piano and leaning forward. Count Basie is seated at the piano facing outward and smiling.
Harry Warren leaning forward and looking up at Count Basie while holding a cigar. Basie is holding papers and hearing a pinstripe suit. Both are standing against a studio wall.
Tommy Dorsey holding a trombone and looking down. Dorsey is standing next to Count Basie and Lionel Hampton, both playing a vibraphone in a studio.
