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.
Billy Butterfield turned to the side and speaking into a studio microphone hanging overhead during a possible recording session. Butterfield is wearing a white collared shirt and holding a trumpet out...
Billy Butterfield facing forward and playing trumpet while looking at music on a stand. Pat O'Connor and Allan Wylie are standing to the side looking at the music stand and singing into a Capitol...
Billy Butterfield facing forward and playing trumpet with unidentified musicians facing away from camera. Butterfield is in behind stands holding music for the additional musicians.
Billy Butterfield playing looking up and trumpet into a studio microphone hanging overhead. Butterfield is holding a plunger mute over the trumpet bell.
Billy Butterfield closing his eyes while playing trumpet. Butterfield is in a studio with a checkered tile floor and is wearing a white collared shirt.
Billy Butterfield wearing a striped t-shirt and playing trumpet into a Capitol Records microphone hanging from the ceiling of a recording studio.
Billy Butterfield looking down to read some music in a studio while holding his trumpet. Behind Butterfield are music stands and a Capitol Records microphone,
Bob Peck looking down at music with a bewildered expression while Pat O'Connor sits facing forward, singing on a luggage case. Billy Butterfield plays trumpet looking down and over at the music Peck...
Boyd Raeburn and an unidentified man sitting in a studio by a microphone. Raeburn is wearing a checkered shirt and smiling at the other man who is wearing a plaid suit jacket.
Carmen Dragon conducting a studio orchestra during a rehearsal or recording. Dragon is raising both arms and leaning back with his eyes closed.
Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman laughing and talking. Dexter is looking down and to the side. Goodman is looking at Dexter while holding a clarinet in his hands.
Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman talking to each other in front of a music stand. Goodman is holding a clarinet with both hands.
Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman looking at music and making jokes. Dexter is looking down at a stand and holding onto music while Goodman holds his clarinet and laughs at Dexter.
Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman holding trophies and talking while at the 1939 DownBeat awards event, Waldorf-Astoria. Dexter is wearing a suit and holding one trophy which appears to be a Swing Band...
Dave Dexter and Lawrence Welk sitting on sofas and talking across a coffee table in a room with glass bookshelves. Dexter is on the left, wearing plaid pants and sitting next to travel bags and a...
Dave Dexter, Benny Goodman, and Gene Norman looking over papers by a microphone in KFWB studio. Dexter is holding the paper and looking down. Goodman is standing behind Dexter and smiling. Norman is...
Dave Dexter speaking with Benny Goodman at a dining table in the Waldorf-Astoria during the 1939 DownBeat awards ceremony. Dexter is seated second from left and holding a cigarette. Goodman is seated...
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...
Dinah Shore and Paul Whiteman hugging each other and looking forward while smiling. Shore is wearing a white dress with a floral print and Whiteman is wearing a pinstripe suit.
Fletcher Henderson photographed from the side playing piano while looking up and smiling. A group of unidentified musicians stand in the background.
