Andy Russell (standing, center) and Paul Weston (seated at piano) in a recording studio with the Pied Pipers. Members standing left to right include Chuck Lowry, Hal Hopper, June Hutton, and Clark...
Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, and Jack Benny wearing suits and making facial expressions during a comedy routine or posed for picture.
Catherine McLeod and Artur Rubinstein playing a piano together. McLeod is sitting and playing with her right hand. Rubinstein is standing behind McLeod and playing with his left hand while placing his...
Catherine McLeod and Artur Rubinstein playing a piano together. McLeod is looking down at the piano and smiling. Rubinstein is looking at McLeod's hands and smiling.
Artur Rubinstein playing piano in a studio with Catherine McLeod standing next to the piano. Rubinstein and McLeod are looking at each other and smiling.
Sitting left to right at a dining table are Bob Cooper, an unidentified man, Stan Kenton, June Christy, Vido Musso, Henry "Boots" Mussulli, and Bob Gioga. Everyone but Christy is wearing a pinstripe...
Coleman Hawkins speaking with Gene Rodgers during a studio session. Hawkins is wearing a checkered suit, looking down at music and holding a saxophone in one hand. Rodgers is wearing a pinstripe suit...
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.
Count Basie and Art Tatum sitting at a piano together in front of a stage curtain. Basie is holding a cigarette in one hand and looking down. Tatum is looking up and smiling.
Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs standing against a studio wall and smiling. Basie is wearing a light colored suit and looking to the side. Wallichs is wearing a dark colored suit and looking forward.
Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936 through 1968. Like the friendly, gracious Count...
In Hollywood, in 1946, Count Basie smokes his pipe and enjoys the company of his supporters Dave Dexter, Jr., the writer and record producer; John Hammond, who discovered him in Kansas City; and Sonny...
Dave Rose conducting a studio orchestra for the program "California Melodies." Rose is sitting in front of a podium and holding a conducting baton over his head. A group of unidentified musicians are...
Al Jarvis and Duke Ellington seated at a table looking at music. Jarvis is holding the music in his hand.
Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington looking up, holding music, and smiling. Ellington is wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Strayhorn is wearing a striped tie.
Dave Dexter and Duke Ellington sitting at a table with KLAC microphones before a broadcast of "Can You Tie That." Dexter is leaning forward and looking to the side. Ellington is looking forward and...
Duke Ellington and Dave Dexter looking at music on piano in studio. Dexter is leaning over Ellington who is wearing a pinstripe suit and seated at the piano.
Dave Dexter standing over Duke Ellington while leaning forward and looking down. Ellington is sitting at the piano wearing a pinstripe suit and looking to the side.
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...
Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, and John Hammond standing behind a piano and leaning forward. Count Basie is seated at the piano facing outward and smiling.
Ginny Simms holding a microphone and standing over Don Wilson who is sitting at a piano. Simms is looking to the side and smiling while Wilson is looking at Simms and smiling.
Harry Warren leaning forward and looking up at Count Basie while holding a cigar. Basie is holding papers and hearing a pinstripe suit. Both are standing against a studio wall.
James P. Johnson playing piano in front of an unidentified drummer. Johnson is looking up and forward with one hand in the air.
Joe Liggins sitting at a piano in a studio, looking up while writing on paper. An unidentified man behind Liggins holds the paper.
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.
