"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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra performing on stage. The orchestra is arranged in a semi-circle on stage with ruffled curtains behind them and two microphones hanging from above. All members are...
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...
Publicity photo of Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, and Charlie Haden leaning against a wall and joking around. Garbarek is wearing a dark shirt, Gismonti is wearing a knit sweater, and Haden is...
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...
