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Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

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Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra posing on stage for a group photo. Fourteen musicians are wearing light colored suits and a dark handkerchief. Moten is wearing a black suit and holding a...

Date Published
1930

Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

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Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra sitting in front of a curtain and holding instruments. Nine musicians are sitting and looking forward, wearing black tuxedoes.

Date Published
1927

George E. Lee Orchestra

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Group photo of the George E. Lee Orchestra featuring an unidentified man playing trombone, Thurston "Sox" Moppins playing trombone, Bob Garner playing clarinet, Chester Clark playing trumpet, an...

Date Published
1926

Jelly Roll Morton's Orchestra advertisement

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Jelly Roll Morton's Orchestra. 209 West 131st Street, New York City. Auduben 3-0424. Originator of Jazz, Stomp, Swing. Victor Artist. World's greatest hot tune writer. Music Furnished for all...

Date Published
1921
1930

Print illustration of Erskine Butterfield

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Print illustration featuring a profile drawing of Erskine Butterfield head looking down at keys. Two large hands are drawn playing the keys with illustrated notes hovering over the keys.

Date Published
1925
1930

Publicity photo of Erskine Butterfield

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Publicity photo of Erskine Butterfield seated at a piano with one arm on the keys and one arm in the air while facing the camera and smiling. Butterfield is wearing a tuxedo jacket and bowtie.

Date Published
1925
1930

Walter Page's Blue Devils Orchestra

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Walter Page's Blue Devils posing for a photo at radio station KFJF in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Musicians shown from left to right are Oran "Lips" Page (trumpet), Henry "Buster" Smith (alto sax), Clair...

Date Published
1928