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...
Mary Lou Williams and Andy Kirk looking over an arrangement of "Moten Swing" for Decca Records "Kansas City Jazz" album produced by Dave Dexter. Williams is playing the piano and Kirk is standing next...
Matt Dennis kneeling next to a playpen in a yard outside with his two children. Dennis is handing a block to one of the children seated in the playpen. The other child is standing in the corner...
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.
Paul Weston sitting at a piano and writing music. Weston is looking up and slightly smiling, wearing a short-sleeve collared shirt.
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.
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II reading reviews of their play "Allegro" on the Boston Commons. Hammerstein is holding a paper and looking down. Rodgers is smiling and looking at Hammerstein.
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II shaking hands at an event celebrating the 15th anniversary of their musical "Oklahoma." Rodgers is standing on the left and Hammerstein on the right. Both are...
Sammy Cahn and Glenn Wallichs standing with an unidentified man in the center. Cahn is on the left, looking forward and smiling. Wallichs is on the right looking to the side and smiling. Both are...
Stan Kenton sitting on a piano bench, leaning against the piano, and looking up. Kenton is wearing a dark jacket and checkered pants.
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.
Stan Kenton standing in front of band members in a recording studio. Kenton is leaning over a music stand while the band members hold saxophones and look at the music.
Stan Kenton and June Christy (far right) talking with a group of military officers in a large hall with onlookers in the background. Christy is eating a donut and Kenton is holding a cup of coffee...
Stan Kenton standing over a record lathe and looking forward. Kenton is wearing a light suit jacket and floral print tie.
Stan Kenton sitting at the piano in a studio next to a Capitol Records microphone. Kenton is looking forward and smiling, wearing a herring bone suit and patterned tie.
Stan Kenton looking up and smiling while playing piano with a music score open on the piano. Kenton is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.
Stan Kenton standing next to an unidentified man holding the reins to a fake horse worn as a costume. Kenton is wearing a suit and pointing down at the horse.
Stan Kenton photographed from behind playing piano. Kenton's hands are on the keys and reflected against the piano. Kenton is looking to the side and smiling, wearing a dark suit and patterned tie.
Stan Kenton sitting in a cushioned chair reading a book. Kenton is wearing a dark suit and polka dot tie.
