Publicity photo of Ray Noble looking forward and smiling in strongly contrasting lighting. Noble is wearing a black tuxedo and white bowtie.
Publicity photo of Ray Noble sitting and turning to the side. Noble is wearing a white suit and striped tie.
Red Ingle looking to the side and playing saxophone while Spike Jones grimaces and holds fingers in his ears. Jones is wearing a novelty checkered suit and Ingle is wearing a plaid suit.
Red Nichols talking to an unidentified bass player. Nichols is holding a trumpet in one hand and holding the other hand up in the air. Both musicians are smiling and wearing white button shirts with...
Red Nichols recording a commercial for a cereal sponsor. Nichols is standing behind an NBC microphone with both hands in the air.
Red Nichols sitting on a piano bench and playing trumpet. Nichols is holding a cloth mute in the bell of the trumpet.
Red Nichols sitting on a box in front of a fishing net and life preserver, holding a trumpet with one hand on his lap. Nichols is wearing a dark suit jacket, tie, and a nautical hat.
Red Nichols sitting on a piano bench and playing trumpet while looking up and to the side. Nichols is wearing a beret and has removed his shoes.
Angled photograph of Red Nichols playing trumpet during a Capitol recording session. Nichols is holding his trumpet next to a Capitol Records microphone. Nichols is looking to the side and wearing a...
Low angle photograph of Red Nichols playing trumpet while looking down in a recording studio. Nichols is wearing a dark shirt.
Red Nichols sitting on a piano bench and playing trumpet. Nichols is wearing a beret and has removed his shoes.
Publicity photo of Red Norvo leaning on a wall and looking forward. Norvo is holding percussion mallets in both hands and is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.
Publicity photo of Richard Shanahan playing a drum set. Shanahan is looking to the side and smiling with drumsticks in both hands. Shanahan is wearing a black suit and tie.
Rosy McHargue (far left), Paul Weston (second from left) and a group of unidentified musicians standing around a piano holding instruments for a photo in a recording studio.
Rosy McHargue playing clarinet on stage. McHargue is looking down and to the side, wearing a double breasted suit jacket.
Rosy McHargue playing clarinet in a recording studio. McHargue is looking forward and holding the clarinet up, wearing a light colored suit and checkered shirt.
Headshot of Rudy Vallée looking to the side and smiling. Vallée is wearing a checkered suit jacket and striped tie.
Publicity photo of Rudy Vallée looking forward and smiling with both hands folded across his chest. Vallée is wearing a black suit jacket.
Rudy Vallée standing on skis and holding ski poles in each hand. Vallée is looking forward and down while smiling.
Rudy Vallée and Paul Whiteman sitting at a table and playing with a toy note generator. Vallée is looking down and adjusting the machine while Whiteman holds a hand to his ear and looks up.
Angled headshot from the side of Sam Donahue wearing a suit and tie, looking to the side.
Angled headshot of Sam Donahue wearing a corduroy jacket and looking forward.
Sam Donahue playing saxophone with one arm resting on this leg and the instrument at his side. Donahue is wearing a plaid suit and tie.
Sam Donahue's opening at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Left to right, Sam Donahue, agent Willard Alexander, Count Basie, and Milton Ebbins, the Count's personal manager (from photo caption).
Headshot of Sammy Kaye looking to the side and smiling. Kaye is wearing a checkered suit and patterned tie.
