Benny Goodman and his sextet performing on stage. Goodman is facing to the side and wearing a white suit. All others on stage are wearing black suits. The caption below advertises a PBS special filmed...
Angled headshot of Benny Goodman looking slightly to the side and smiling. Goodman is wearing glasses and a sweater vest.
Headshot of Benny Goodman looking slightly to the side and smiling. Goodman is wearing a sweater vest.
Benny Goodman photographed from the side, standing against a wall and grinning while looking to the side. Goodman is wearing glasses and a sweater vest.
Benny Goodman photographed from the side, standing against a wall and grinning while looking forward. Goodman is wearing glasses and a sweater vest.
Benny Goodman sorting through clarinet reeds in a box. Goodman is seated in a cushioned chair with a clarinet leaning against his shoulder.
A candid photograph of Berle Adams in a suit, seated at desk, turned and looking behind himself while talking on the phone.
Betty Jane Rhodes standing behind an Armed Forces Radio Service microphone in a studio, looking forward and smiling. Rhodes is wearing a blouse with a floral print collar.
Big Joe Turner standing against a curtain wall looking to the side and smiling. Turner is raising one hand and pointing. He is wearing a light colored double breasted suit.
Big Joe Turner standing against a stage curtain pointing one hand up and to the side while smiling. Turner is wearing a light colored, double-breasted suit.
Big Joe Turner standing against a wall with patterned wallpaper. Turner is wearing a pinstripe suit and a striped tie.
Bill Coleman photographed from the side playing trumpet in a studio. Colman is wearing a white shirt and paisley tie.
Bill Leyden and Peggy Lee looking at papers during a broadcast recording of the KMPC radio program "Music Hall." Lee is holding papers and looking down. Leyden is looking at Lee and smiling.
Bill Stegmeyer sitting on a chair and playing clarinet with other unidentified studio musicians holding flutes. Stegmeyer is looking down at a music stand and wearing a striped tie draped over his...
Bill Stegmeyer standing and playing saxophone with an unidentified band. Stegmeyer is looking forward and wearing a light colored suit.
Bill Wood sitting in front of an oversized record and playing clarinet. Wood is wearing a dark suit jacket and black tie.
Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday sitting and looking over music. Holiday is wearing a jacket with a shoulder patch and a white hair wrap. Ellington is holding music and a pencil, wearing a plaid...
Billie Holiday holding a Blue network microphone and smiling with unidentified musicians in the background. Holiday is wearing a shirt with BH embroidered on the collar and a white hair wrap.
Billie Holiday holding a Blue network microphone and smiling with unidentified musician in the background. Holiday is wearing a jacket with a shoulder patch and a white hair wrap.
Billie Holiday performing with an unidentified band. Holiday is singing with her eyes closed and head tilted back, wearing a floral print dress.
Billie Holiday photographed from the side singing and looking forward. Holiday is wearing a jacket with a shoulder patch and a white hair wrap.
Billie Holiday, Dave Dexter, Al Jarvis, an unidentified man, and Duke Ellington sitting at a studio table with KFW microphones. Holiday is wearing a coat and hair wrap, looking to the side. Dexter...
Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Dave Dexter looking over music on the piano. Ellington is sitting at the piano, wearing a pinstripe suit. Holiday is wearing a coat and hair wrap, looking down...
Billy Burton, Helen O'Connell, and Dave Dexter sitting at a table, looking to the side. Burton is leaning forward and wearing a dark suit and tie. O'Connell is sitting in the center, wearing a...
Billy Butterfield turned to the side and speaking into a studio microphone hanging overhead during a possible recording session. Butterfield is wearing a white collared shirt and holding a trumpet out...
