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.
Billie Holiday straightening a tie for Louis Armstrong in a publicity photo shoot in Hollywood, California. Armstrong is holding a trumpet in his hands and grinning with closed eyes. Holiday is...
Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936 through 1968. Like the friendly, gracious Count...
In Hollywood, in 1946, Count Basie smokes his pipe and enjoys the company of his supporters Dave Dexter, Jr., the writer and record producer; John Hammond, who discovered him in Kansas City; and Sonny...
Erich Wolfgang Korngold dining with his wife, Luzi Korngold, and American film producer and director, Henry Blanke, in the Green Room at Warner Brothers Studios, Hollywood, Calif. Erich is wearing a...
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...
Peggy Lee smiling at the microphone during a broadcast recording of the program "G.I. Journal" in Hollywood, California. Lee is looking forward, wearing a floral print dress.
Stan Kenton looking up while writing music at the piano in a Capitol Records studio in Hollywood, California. Kenton is wearing a pinstripe suit.
