Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard
Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard laughing and talking in a recording studio. Brown is holding a double bass and shaking hands with Powell. Singleton is looking forward and...
Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong
Billie Holiday straightening a tie for Louis Armstrong in a publicity photo shoot in Hollywood, California. Armstrong is holding a trumpet in his hands and grinning with closed eyes. Holiday is...
Capitol Baseball Team
Capitol Baseball Team posing for group photo wearing uniform shirts and caps with the letter 'C'. Dave Dexter is standing third from left in the back row with hands clasped together. Nat King Cole is...
Coleman Hawkins and Meade "Lux" Lewis
Coleman Hawkins looking up and to the side while playing saxophone. Meade "Lux" Lewis is playing piano, looking up and to the side at Hawkins.
Dave Dexter with Zutty Singleton
Dave Dexter standing in the back corner of a studio talking with Zutty Singleton who is seated at a drum set. Six unidentifeid African American men from an unidentified band are seated and playing...
Dave Dexter, Jimmie Lunceford, and Bob Rae
Dave Dexter, Jimmie Lunceford, and Bob Rae sitting on a sofa in the Plantation Club (location unknown). Dexter is holding an instrument case, looking to the side, and smiling. Lunceford is holding a...
Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis seated in a recording studio
Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis, unidentified white man, seated in a recording studio with two other unidentified white men and an unidentified white woman. Dexter, far left, is facing...
Delta Rhythm Boys
The Delta Rhythm Boys singing in front of a microphone. From left to right: Clinton Holland, Traverse Crawford, Harry Lewis, and Otho Gaines.
Frank Sinatra recording with the Charioteers
Frank Sinatra standing third from left with the vocal group The Charioteers behind a CBS microphone. James Sherman is playing piano. The other vocalists are Edward Jackson, Ira Williams, Wilfred...
Group of musicians performing at KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee
Side angle photograph of a group of African American and white male musicians (Lloyd Glenn, piano; Ed Garland, bass; Kid Ory, trombone; Joe Darensbourg, clarinet; Teddy Buckner, cornet (obscured...
King Cole Trio
Publicity photo of King Cole Trio featuring Oscar Moore holding his guitar, Nat King Cole playing piano (piano not seen in photo), and Johnny Miller playing bass. All three are wearing light colored...
King Cole Trio
Publicity photo of King Cole Trio featuring Oscar Moore playing guitar, Nat King Cole sitting at a piano, and Johnny Miller playing bass. All three are leaning in towards a microphone on the piano.
Large group of musicians at KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee
Side angle photograph of a large group of musicians performing onstage for KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee stage show in front of an audience at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Front row, trombones...
Large group of musicians at KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee
Large group of African American and white male musicians performing for KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee stage show in front of an audience at Shriner Auditorium in Los Angeles. Seen are: Front row...
Lionel Hampton and Dave Dexter
Lionel Hampton speaking with Dave Dexter in a restaurant. Hampton is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie, looking directly at Dexter. Dexter is looking to the side with his hand in the air.
Louis Armstrong covering ears while Billie Holiday plays trumpet
Louis Armstrong covering his ears and grimaces while Billie Holiday plays trumpet. Both are wearing suits.
Louis Armstrong showing Billie Holiday how to play trumpet
Louis Armstrong smiling and showing Billie Holiday how to play trumpet. Both are wearing suits.
Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan standing next to an unidentified African American man with one hand on the man's shoulder. Jordan is looking down and smiling, wearing a dark suit, patterned tie, and wide-brimmed hat.
Ray Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dizzy Gillespie
Ray Brown playing bass, Ella Fitzgerald singing into a microphone, and Dizzy Gillespie looking at Fitzgerald from the side during an outdoor performance.
Sir Charles Thompson, Jimmy Butts, Dexter Gordon, Buck Clayton, J.C. Heard, and Charlie Parker
Sir Charles Thompson playing piano, Jimmy Butts playing bass, Dexter Gordon playing saxophone on the left, Buck Clayton playing trumpet, J.C. Heard playing drums, and Charlie Parker playing saxophone...
Sonny Greer, Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett, Willie Smith, and Albert Casey
Sonny Greer, Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett, Willie Smith, and Albert Casey, all recording artists for Capitol Records, standing around a drum set in Los Angeles studio. Greer is wearing a pinstripe suit...
Stan Kenton speaking with an unidentified man
Stan Kenton and an unidentified white woman speaking outdoors with an unidentified African American man in a Navy uniform. The enlisted man is holding his arms up towards Kenton and holding a piece of...
Taft Jordan performing
Taft Jordan sitting and playing trumpet with several unidentified musicians. Jordan is wearing a light colored suit and tie.
Tommy Potter and Charlie Parker
Tommy Potter playing double bass and Charlie Parker playing saxophone. Potter is close to the camera and Parker appears in between Potter and the neck of his instrument.