Coleman Hawkins sitting on wooden steps with one arm resting on his lap and his head resting on his hand. Hawkins is wearing a pinstripe suit and fedora with a saxophone on his lap.
Connee Boswell seated and looking up while singing into an Armed Forces Radio Service microphone. Studio equipment and an unidentified musician playing violin are in the background.
Connie Haines, Al Jarvis, Walter Rubsamen, and Eddie Dein sitting at tables with microphones in a tile studio for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program in Los Angeles, California. An...
Cornet player Pete Daily and Dave Dexter standing in front of a studio wall. Dexter is smoking a cigarette and holding the musician's cornet.
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 Dave Dexter sitting on a table against a wall. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and handing an envelope to Basie, who is wearing a pinstripe suit and holding a cigarette.
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 Orchestra members in performance including (left) Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, and Jack Washington playing saxophone; Freddie Green playing guitar, and Walter Page playing double bass. All...
Count Basie Orchestra members in performance on stage. Musicians shown include Earle Warren, Jack Washington, and Lester Young playing saxophone, along with Walter Page playing double bass.
Count Basie Orchestra members in performance. Walter Page is playing bass and looking forward, Freddie Green is playing guitar and looking down, Herschel Evans is playing saxophone and looking out...
Count Basie Orchestra members in performance. Herschel Evans is playing saxophone and looking forward, Jo Jones is playing drums and looking down, and Earl Warren is playing saxophone, slightly out of...
Count Basie Orchestra members in performance. Benny Morton, Dan Minor, and Eddie Durham are playing trombone in the front row. Harry "Sweets" Edison, and Wilbur "Buck" Clayton are playing trumpet in...
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.
Count Basie, Jerry Wald, Billie Rogers, and Dave Dexter looking forward and seated at a table with microphones, water pitchers, and paper, for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program...
A distant view of the Crossroads of the World complex, with the "Hollywoodland" sign in the background and street cars in the foreground, in Los Angeles, California.
Crowd in front of a stage at an unidentified location. An unidentified man is standing behind a microphone on stage smiling and raising one hand in the air.
Left to right, standing and smiling: Dan Jaffe, George Salisbury, possibly Dean Stringer holding tenor saxophone, unidentified man, Milt Abel holding a double bass, and Arch Martin holding a trombone...
Danny O'Neil crouching on stage to shake hands with two unidentified white women.
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.
Unidentified white man (possibly Chris Brubeck) playing upright bass and Dave Brubeck looking down and laughing while playing piano. Brubeck is wearing a patterned shirt.
Dave Brubeck looking down and playing piano. Brubeck is wearing a paisley collared shirt.
Dave Dexter, standing far left with his hand pointing forward, talking with an umpire during a Capitol Baseball Team game.
