Dave Dexter (front, left) with Vic Dickenson playing trombone, an unidentified man playing trumpet, Dave Cavanaugh playing saxophone, an unidentified man playing bass, Julia Lee playing piano, and...
Dave Dexter (front, left) with Vic Dickenson playing trombone, an unidentified man playing trumpet, Dave Cavanaugh playing saxophone, an unidentified man playing bass, Julia Lee playing piano, and...
Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends posing for a photo at a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Samuel "Baby" Lovett holding a snare drum, Vic Dickenson holding a trombone, Benny Carter...
Dave Dexter with Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends posing for a photo at a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Samuel "Baby" Lovett holding a snare drum, Vic Dickenson holding a trombone...
Dave Dexter (far left) and John Tumino (fourth from right) with Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends at a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Vic Dickenson holding a trombone, Samuel "Baby"...
Kentucky Swing Unit performing on stage at Ol' Kentucky Bar-BQ, located in Kansas City, Missouri; Musicians on stage include Woody Walder playing clarinet, Leonard "Jack" Johnson playing bass, Herman...
Publicity photo of King Cole Trio featuring Oscar Moore holding his guitar, Nat King Cole playing piano (piano not seen in photo), and Johnny Miller playing bass. All three are wearing light colored...
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.
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...
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.
Lionel Hampton speaking with Dave Dexter in a restaurant. Hampton is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie, looking directly at Dexter. Dexter is looking to the side with his hand in the air.
Lonnie Johnson playing guitar sitting on the left, an unidentified bass player in the middle, and Rex Stewart playing trumpet on the right. All are wearing suits.
Louis Armstrong playing trumpet over Billie Holiday's shoulder in a publicity photo shoot in Hollywood, California. Armstrong is wearing a suit and looking up with his head facing down. Holiday is...
Louis Armstrong and Dave Dexter sitting at the piano. Armstrong is smiling and pointing to his trumpet while Dexter looks forward.
Louis Armstrong playing trumpet with one hand and embracing Lucille Wilson with the other. Wilson stand behind Armstrong and holds his legs.
Louis Armstrong and an unidentified woman sitting at the piano. Armstrong is smiling and holding his trumpet while the woman smiles and looks up.
Louis Armstrong covering his ears and grimaces while Billie Holiday plays trumpet. Both are wearing suits.
Louis Armstrong smiling and showing Billie Holiday how to play trumpet. Both are wearing suits.
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.
Louis Jordan, on the far left, sitting at a table with microphones with Dave Dexter, on the far right, and an unidentified man. All three are smiling and looking forward.
Louis Jordan, wearing a patterned suit and tie, holding a letter and standing to the left of an unidentified man in a photo still from the film "Swing Parade of 1946."
Louis Jordan, wearing a checkered suit, standing on a desk and singing in the middle of a room full of students in a photo still from the film "Swing Parade of 1946."
Louis Jordan, wearing a checkered suit, shaking the hand of an unidentified woman and standing next to an unidentified man wearing academic robes in a photo still from the film "Swing Parade of 1946."
Louis Jordan, wearing a suit and pointing up with his finger, standing between an unidentified man and woman in a photo still from the film "Swing Parade of 1946."
