Bill Stegmeyer standing and playing saxophone with an unidentified band. Stegmeyer is looking forward and wearing a light colored suit.
Double bassist Bob Haggart and saxophonist Frank Trumbauer looking over music in a recording studio. Haggart and Trumbauer are both looking down at a music stand behind a Capitol Records microphone.
Bob Wilber playing clarinet and Sidney Bechet playing soprano saxophone. Both are holding up their instruments as they play.
Boots Mussulli standing and playing saxophone in front of several unidentified musicians. Mussulli is looking down while playing and wearing a white button shirt.
Boyd Raeburn and an unidentified man sitting in a studio by a microphone. Raeburn is wearing a checkered shirt and smiling at the other man who is wearing a plaid suit jacket.
Buddy DeFranco playing clarinet, Flip Philips playing saxophone, and Bill Harris playing trombone in a Capitol recording studio.
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 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...
Publicity photo of the Brecker brothers, Michael and Randy, during a performance. Michael is wearing a striped shirt and playing saxophone. Randy is wearing a floral print shirt and playing trumpet. A...
Four unidentified saxophonists wearing light colored suits and performing onstage. In front of each saxophonist is a clarinet on a stand.
Freddy Martin and Pat Erickson holding a record while talking. Martin is wearing a plaid suit. Erickson is wearing a t-shirt with musical notation designs.
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.
Hal McIntyre (front, right) sitting with three band members in theater chairs. McIntyre is leaning forward and holding the chair in front of him.
Reed section of the Hal McIntyre Orchestra playing saxophones during a performance. Members shown include (left to right) John Hayes, Don Barrett (obscured), McIntyre, John Popa, and Johnny Turnbull.
Helen Forrest and Les Brown smiling and seated together at a dining table. Forrest is wearing a striped jacket, white bow, and floral headpiece. Brown is wearing a tuxedo jacket and bowtie.
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...
Herb Jeffries speaking with Jimmy Mundy. Jeffries is holding papers and wearing a sweater vest, looking at Mundy. Mundy is looking down and smoking a cigarette, wearing a dark shirt.
Herschel Evans holding a saxophone while leaning down to grab music on a stand. Freddie Green holds a guitar in the background while looking forward and smiling.
Jimmie Lunceford holding a conducting baton and Joe Thomas playing saxophone in an unidentified venue.
An unidentified musician holding an alto saxophone next to Lester Young who is playing a tenor saxophone. Both men are sitting on chairs in front of a piano.
Louis Armstrong and Dave Dexter standing shoulder to shoulder and smiling. Armstrong is holding a trumpet and pointing at Dexter who is holding a pile of handkerchiefs.
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.
Publicity photo for Lucky Millinder and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band featuring Buster Bailey on clarinet with three other musicians.
Rudy Vallée and Paul Whiteman sitting at a table and playing with a toy note generator. Vallée is looking down and adjusting the machine while Whiteman holds a hand to his ear and looks up.
