Art Tatum playing a piano while looking up and smoking a cigarette. Tatum is wearing a plaid suit jacket.
Coleman Hawkins speaking with Gene Rodgers during a studio session. Hawkins is wearing a checkered suit, looking down at music and holding a saxophone in one hand. Rodgers is wearing a pinstripe suit...
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 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.
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...
Al Jarvis and Duke Ellington seated at a table looking at music. Jarvis is holding the music in his hand.
Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington looking up, holding music, and smiling. Ellington is wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Strayhorn is wearing a striped tie.
Dave Dexter and Duke Ellington sitting at a table with KLAC microphones before a broadcast of "Can You Tie That." Dexter is leaning forward and looking to the side. Ellington is looking forward and...
Duke Ellington and Dave Dexter looking at music on piano in studio. Dexter is leaning over Ellington who is wearing a pinstripe suit and seated at the piano.
Dave Dexter standing over Duke Ellington while leaning forward and looking down. Ellington is sitting at the piano wearing a pinstripe suit and looking to the side.
Duke Ellington sitting at the piano and looking up while smiling. Ellington is wearing a tweed jacket and tie.
Side photograph of Duke Ellington conducting. Ellington is wearing a jacket and holding both arms up.
Mirror reflection of Duke Ellington sitting in a green room. Ellington is sitting backwards on a piano bench looking forward and smiling.
A side photograph of Duke Ellington playing piano in front of crowd outdoors.
A photograph from the side of Duke Ellington sitting at the piano with hands on the keys and smiling.
A low angle photograph from the side of Duke Ellington playing piano in a studio. Ellington is looking up and to the side.
Duke Ellington sitting at a piano, facing away and to the side. Ellington is wearing a suit and wide-brimmed hat.
Duke Ellington seated at the piano and playing while looking down. Ellington is wearing a sweater vest.
Duke Ellington facing forward and looking to the side while pointing. Ellington is wearing an overcoat. A crowd of people are seated in chairs in the background.
Duke Ellington photographed from the side wearing a floral shirt and looking up.
