"Pee Wee" Hunt and Kenny Sargent
Casa Loma Orchestra band leaders "Pee Wee" Hunt and Kenny Sargent wearing dark suits and smiling. Hunt is standing on the left wearing glasses and Sargent is on the right.
"Wingy" Manone and Nappy Lamare
Nappy Lamare playing guitar and "Wingy" Manone playing trumpet in a studio with microphones in the background and foreground. Lamare is looking back at Manone who is facing forward.
"Wingy" Manone's Band
A group photo of "Wingy" Manone's Band in a recording studio. Seated (left to right) are Nappy Lamare, "Wingy" Manone, and Matty Matlock. Standing (left to right, in back) are Abe Lincoln, Jake Flores...
Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy
Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy posing on stage for a photo. Musicians include Mary Lou Williams at the piano, John Harrington holding a saxophone, Ben Webster holding a saxophone, Pha Terrell...
Boogie Woogie Boys
Publicity photo of the Boogie-Woogie Boys featuring Pete Johnson, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Joe Turner, and Albert Ammons. All four are smiling, wearing tuxedoes with white handkerchiefs, and facing forward...
Capitol Jazzmen posed for photo
The Capitol Jazzmen posed for a group photo. In the back row are Artie Shapiro standing and leaning against a double bass, Joe Sullivan wearing a black tie and looking down, Jack Teagarden holding a...
Count Basie and Carmen Miranda at Command Performance
Publicity photo of Count Basie at piano and Carmen Miranda holding percussive shaker at Command Performance. Basie is sitting at the piano wearing a white suit and looking forward. Miranda is standing...
Count Basie and his orchestra
Count Basie and his orchestra performing on stage. Basie is standing in front of musicians conducting. Orchestra musicians are seated at music shells with piano logo in front.
Count Basie and Joe Belford at Roseland Ballroom
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 Orchestra members in performance
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 playing with Benny Goodman
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.
Dave Dexter and Andy Kirk
Dave Dexter, Andy Kirk, and an unidentified man standing together drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. Dexter is wearing a vest and looking forward. Kirk is standing in the center looking to the...
Dave Dexter and Bil Burton at the beach
Bil Burton seated in a sun chair on the beach with Dave Dexter leaning forward on the right. Burton and Dexter are at the beach with an unidentified man and woman.
Dave Dexter and Bil Burton on a sun chair
Dave Dexter leaning back with eyes closed wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Dexter is laying back on Bil Burton who is seated on a sun chair and wearing no shirt.
Dave Dexter interviewing Sonja Henie
Dave Dexter and an unidentified reporter interviewing Sonja Henie. Dexter and Henie are sitting on a wicker sofa. Dexter is looking at Henie who is looking up and to the side.
Dave Dexter interviewing Sonja Henie
Dave Dexter interviewing Sonja Henie while sitting on a wicker sofa. Dexter is holding a paper and pencil while looking at Henie who is looking up and to the side, wearing a fur coat.
Dave Dexter, Benny Goodman, and Helen Forrest at DownBeat awards ceremony
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 Dexter, Big Joe Turner, and Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson, Dave Dexter, and Big Joe Turner during recording session for Decca Records "Kansas City Jazz" album produced by Dexter in New York City. Johnson is sitting at the piano and looking down...
Dave Dexter, Leonard Feather, Benny Carter, and Milt Gabler
Left to right: Dave Dexter, wearing a pinstripe suit; jazz critic, Leonard Feather; Benny Carter, wearing a light suit and talking into a microphone; and Milt Gabler, record producer; all seated at a...
Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter
Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter standing around a radio (or possibly a phonograph) looking down at a record in Dexter's hand at Basie's birthday celebration.
Eddie Cantor and an unidentified man reading
Eddie Cantor, wearing a double breasted suit and tie, and an unidentified man holding a piece of paper together. Cantor is looking at the paper with an expression of wide-eyed amazement.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Luzi Korngold, and Henry Blanke
Erich Wolfgang Korngold dining with his wife, Luzi Korngold, and American film producer and director, Henry Blanke, in the Green Room at Warner Brothers Studios, Hollywood, Calif. Erich is wearing a...
Fletcher Henderson playing piano
Fletcher Henderson photographed from the side playing piano while looking up and smiling. A group of unidentified musicians stand in the background.
Frank Veloz and Yolanda Casazza
Publicity photo of Frank Veloz and Yolanda Casazza in an embrace while dancing. Casazza is leaning to the side and raising one arm in the air, wearing an embroidered dress. Veloz is behind Casazza and...
Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
Publicity photo of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians featuring all the musicians posing on a stage with their instruments. All musicians are wearing white tuxedo jackets and black bowties.