"Ordonians" dance band on stage during a performance at an officer's club in India. Musicians shown include Frank Oakley sitting at the piano, Jimmy Whittaker standing with a double bass, Gordon Terks...
Andy Russell presenting a bouquet of flowers to "Queen for a Day" Evelyn Gibson. Jack Bailey, emcee of the program, stands next to Gibson looking at Russell and smiling.
Benny Goodman seated at a dining table at the Palladium in Hollywood, California, speaking with an unidentified white man. Goodman is holding a cigarette and wearing a checkered suit.
Billy Butterfield facing forward and playing trumpet while looking at music on a stand. Pat O'Connor and Allan Wylie are standing to the side looking at the music stand and singing into a Capitol...
Brass section of an unidentified band performing on stage with a microphone in the foreground. The musicians (all white men) are wearing suit jackets and buttoned shirts.
Singer Carolyn Grey sitting on a stool and looking at music while smiling with Shorty Sherock standing behind her playing trumpet. In front is an NBC microphone and conducting podium.
Cornet player Pete Daily and Dave Dexter standing in front of a studio wall. Dexter is smoking a cigarette and holding the musician's cornet.
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 with Sharkey & his Kings of Dixieland during a recording session. Left to right are Sharkey Bonano,trumpet; Santo Pecora, trombone; Monk Hazel, drums; Lester Bouchon, clarinet; Dave Dexter...
Freddy Martin (left) and Buddy DeSylva (right) standing next to a Blue Network microphone. Martin and DeSylva are smiling and looking at each other. Martin is wearing a pinstripe suite and black tie...
A photograph from below of a group of white male jazz musicians performing for KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee stage show in front of an audience at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. From left to...
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...
Stan Kenton Orchestra members in performance, including Henry "Boots" Mussulli (far left), Bob Cooper (front center), an unidentified white man (behind Cooper), and Al Anthony (far right) playing...
An unidentified man at left end of table, Lou Bring, Mildred Bailey, Manny Klein, an unidentified man (standing), Dave Dexter, and Glenn Wallichs (mostly out of frame) seated at a dining table with...
Mildred Bailey, wearing a floral headpiece, Manny Klein, wearing a white suit, an unidentified man (standing), Dave Dexter, wearing a wool suit, and Glenn Wallichs seated at a dining table with water...
Publicity photo of the Jimmy Dorsey Trio featuring Bob Eberly, Jimmy Dorsey, and an unidentified white male musician. All are wearing white tuxedos and lit dramatically from below.
Kai Winding and an unidentified white male trombone player from Stan Kenton's band in conversation In a studio rehearsal. Winding holds a trombone in his lap and the other man holds a trombone up for...
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 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...
Lou Bring, wearing a jacket and tie, Mildred Bailey, wearing a dress and floral headpiece, and Manny Klein, wearing a white suit, seated at a table and smiling while facing camera. An unidentified...
Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, and Tommy Dorsey speaking during a break on the set of Ship Ahoy (released 1942). Rooney is wearing a striped shirt and sleeping cap. Sinatra and Dorsey are wearing...
Opie Cates looking down at music on a podium while conducting. Cates is wearing a suit and large patterned tie while holding a baton in the air with one hand and a cigarette in his other hand. Judy...
Paul Weston, "Wingy" Manone, and Johnny Mercer looking over sheet music. All three are leaning on a piano and looking down. Weston is holding a pencil on the music. Manone is standing in the center...
Paul Whiteman standing fourth from left and Mike Pingitore standing second from right in a recording studio with other unidentified musicians.
Ray Bauduc and Nappy Lamare smiling while standing over a drum set. Bauduc is holding a stick and wearing a checkered jacket. Lamare is wearing a dark suit and holding part of the drum set.
