"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.
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...
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.
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.
Bix Beiderbecke standing in the back row, second from the right, in a group photo of unidentified musicians with the Lake Forest Academy Orchestra of 1922. All musicians are holding instruments and...
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.
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...
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.
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...
Unidentified white man (possibly Chris Brubeck) playing upright bass and Dave Brubeck looking down and laughing while playing piano. Brubeck is wearing a patterned shirt.
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 seated in the left corner of the photo looking to the side. Lawrence Welk is standing with his hands resting on his hips. Two other white men are in the room as well. All are standing or...
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...
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, 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...
Dave Dexter helping Nellie Lutcher up from her seat at the piano during an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher. Ralph Edwards is standing behind Dexter and Milt Buckner is sitting behind...
Dave Dexter, host Ralph Edwards, Nellie Lutcher, and Milt Buckner on an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher. Dexter is speaking to Edwards with hands out and looking down. Edwards is...
Desi Arnaz, Anita O'Day, and Dave Dexter seated at a table and looking to the side and talking during a taping of "Can You Tie That." radio broadcast. The table is covered with microphones, a pitcher...
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.
Evan's Original Jazz Band playing at the Coliseum Ballroom in Davenport, Iowa.
Frank Sinatra standing in a recording studio looking at music on a piano with Bill Miller and holding his hands in his pockets. An unidentified African American male musician is also seen.
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...
George Salisbury playing piano in a studio with Dean Stringer holding a saxophone, Bill Trumbauer holding a trumpet, and several unidentified white male musicians in the background.
