Publicity photo of Count Basie smiling and playing piano on stage. Basie is looking up and to the side, wearing a light pinstripe suit. An unidentified bass player is in the background.
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, 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...
Backstage at a broadcast to American soldiers over the Armed Forces Radio Service network in 1945 are Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Don Wilson...
Curly Howard sitting and playing saxophone while looking dubiously at Louis Jordan who is smiling and approaching Howard with two fingers pointed out for a "Three Stooges" poke. Photo caption reads...
Headshot of Dale Shroff looking forward and smiling. Shroff is wearing a white tuxedo and black bowtie.
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 Kaye performing with a band featuring Benny Goodman playing clarinet, Tommy Dorsey playing trombone, Charlie Barnet playing saxophone, Louis Armstrong playing trumpet and Lionel Hampton playing...
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.
Publicity photo of Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee looking to the side and smiling. Barbour is playing guitar and wearing a tweed jacket and black tie. Lee is sitting with arms folded, wearing a ruffled...
Publicity photo of Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee looking forward and smiling. Lee is sitting and wearing a ruffled blouse. Barbour is standing behind Lee, leaning forward, wearing a tweed jacket.
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee looking over music on a stand in front of a Capitol Records microphone. Lee is looking down and smiling, wearing a dress jacket. Barbour is wearing a tweed jacket and black...
Dave Barbour wearing a herring-bone jacket while playing guitar on his knee and looking down.
Dave Barbour looking down while playing guitar and smoking a cigarette.
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 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 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 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 unidentified Capitol Records staff (all white men) recording a Christmas album. Dexter is seated at the bottom right, playing saxophone and facing toward a microphone stand in the...
Dave Dexter and Red Norvo looking at a package Dexter is holding the package and a pencil in one hand, wearing a pinstripe suit. Norvo is looking at Dexter and smiling, wearing a checkered suit with...
Dave Dexter and Red Norvo looking at a package Dexter is holding the package and a pencil in one hand, wearing a pinstripe suit. Norvo is looking down and smiling, wearing a checkered suit.
Dave Dexter standing next to Stan Kenton in an office. Dexter is holding a pipe and Kenton is wearing a suit and striped tie. Both are laughing and facing forward.
Dave Dexter and Woody Herman with several unidentified musicians and recording industry executives. Dexter is standing second to left, wearing a pinstripe suit and looking forward. Herman is standing...
