"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...
Benny Goodman and his orchestra with Helen Ward Featured Vocalist
Publicity photo of Helen Ward and Benny Goodman facing forward and smiling. Ward is wearing a satin dress and leaning against Goodman who is wearing a white suit and holding a clarinet under his arm.
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 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, 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...
Ed Flynn, Benny Carter, and Dave Dexter
Ed Flynn, wearing a light suit and tie, and Benny Carter, wearing a tuxedo, seated on a couch. Dave Dexter is crouched next to Carter wearing a pinstripe suite and smiling.
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.
Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra performing on stage. The orchestra is arranged in a semi-circle on stage with ruffled curtains behind them and two microphones hanging from above. All members are...
Glen Gray with his Casa Loma Orchestra
Glen Gray standing in the back row, fourth from right, with fifteen musicians from the Casa Loma Orchestra. The musicians are seated and standing in two rows outdoors with a mountain in the background...
Hudson DeLange Orchestra
Publicity photo for the Hudson DeLange Orchestra featuring a photo of Eddie DeLange wearing a dark suit jacket with spotted tie, standing, and smiling next to Dean Hudson, who is wearing a checkered...
Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier
Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier standing at the graveside of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith in Chicago, Illinois. Dexter is holding a wreath and all four are looking down.
Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier
Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier standing left to right at the graveside of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith in Chicago, Illinois. Dexter is holding a wreath.
Lucky Millinder and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Publicity photo for Lucky Millinder and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band featuring Millinder and thirteen unidentified musicians holding instruments.
Lucky Millinder and the Mills Blues Rhythm Band
Publicity photo for Lucky Millinder and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band featuring Buster Bailey on clarinet with three other musicians.
Lunceford Quartette: Wilson, Young, Tompkins, Smith, Guitarist Al Norris
Publicity photo featuring the Jimmie Lunceford Quartette performing on stage with guitarist Al Norris. Quartet members include Gerald Wilson, Trummy Young, Eddie Tompkins, and Willie Smith.
Publicity photo of The Blue Reys
Publicity photo of The Blue Reys, featuring Ralph Hall, Jimmy Joyce, Blossom Dearie, and Tom Kenny, leaning forward, turned to the side, and smiling at camera.
T.H. Holder's Orchestra
T.H. Holder's Orchestra posing for a group photo. All the musicians are standing and facing forward, wearing black tuxedos with a sash. All the instruments are in a pile at the center of the stage.
Tommy "Red" Tompkins and his orchestra
Publicity photo of Tommy "Red" Tompkins and his orchestra featuring all musicians sitting in a hall with their instruments and looking at Tompkins. Tompkins is wearing a white suit and all the other...