Andy Russell wiping off with a towel while backstage at the Paramount Theatre in New York. Russell is looking to the side and smiling.
Andy Russell wiping off with a towel while backstage at the Paramount Theatre in New York. Russell is looking forward and smiling.
Andy Russell looking down at his personal manager, Bullets Durgom, asleep in a crate backstage at the Paramount Theatre in New York.
Benny Goodman relaxing on a sofa while looking up and smiling, during the 1939 Downbeat awards ceremony. Goodman is wearing glasses and a tuxedo, holding a cigarette. A photo caption reads: King of...
Pete Johnson, Dave Dexter, and Big Joe Turner during recording session for Decca Records "Kansas City Jazz" album produced by Dexter in New York City. Johnson is sitting at the piano and looking down...
Della Norell, Lila Seaman, Bullets Durgom, and Andy Russell sitting at a dining table surrounded by unidentified patrons at the Copacabana in New York.
Glenn Miller and Dave Dexter presenting a Downbeat award to Tex Beneke at a ceremony in New York. Miller is standing on the left, holding two plaques and looking down. Dexter is standing in the center...
Composer Jule Styne, singer Barbra Streisand, and an unidentified man posing for a photograph at the New York opening of the film "A Star is Born."
New York demonstration on behalf of Artie Shaw. Unidentified people standing outside and wearing coats are holding signs proclaiming affection for Shaw, likely in support of his discharge from armed...
Pete Johnson playing piano and Big Joe Turner singing into a microphone on stage at Café Society in New York City.
Serge Koussevitzky sitting in a large cushioned chair holding his head in one arm and looking to the side. Koussevitzky is wearing a pinstripe suit and holding a book on his lap.
Sir Charles Thompson playing piano, Jimmy Butts playing bass, Dexter Gordon playing saxophone on the left, Buck Clayton playing trumpet, J.C. Heard playing drums, and Charlie Parker playing saxophone...
Lillian Lane and the Crew Chiefs sing "Happy Birthday" to Tex Beneke (second from left), backed by members of the Glenn Miller band; Karen Lyon, wife of acrobat Ladd Lyon, holds a cake while...
Unidentified assistant theater manager, theater manager Harry Greenman, Tex Beneke, holding a piece of cake, Mrs. Sandra Beneke, Paul Regan, and Beneke's manager Don W. Haynes on Beneke's 31st...
The celebrated pianist Vladimir Horowitz is shown signing the contract which marks his return to RCA as an exclusive recording artist. Horowitz recorded for RCA from 1928 to 1962 when he went to...
Woody Herman disembarking an airplane with his daughter Ingrid in New York. Herman is wearing a checkered coat and walking down steps, holding Ingrid in his arms. Ingrid is turned forward and waiving.
Newbold Morris, former president of the New York City Council and official of Youthbuilders Inc, is seen here accepting a check for $2,017 from Woody Herman on behalf of Youthbuilders. Woody presented...
