Louis Prima
Publicity photo of Louis Prima looking forward and smiling while holding a trumpet in one hand. Prima is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.
Louis Prima with trumpet to his mouth
Publicity photo of Louis Prima looking to the side while playing a trumpet held in one hand. Prima is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.
Opie Cates conducting with Judy Canova
Opie Cates looking down at music on a podium while conducting. Cates is wearing a suit and large patterned tie while holding a baton in the air with one hand and a cigarette in his other hand. Judy...
Opie Cates playing clarinet
Opie Cates sitting on stool facing down and to the side while playing clarinet. Cates is wearing a white collared shirt and loosened tie.
Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman looking over music on a conducting podium in front of an NBC microphone. Whiteman is wearing a double breasted suit and patterned bowtie.
Paul Whiteman
Headshot of Paul Whiteman looking up and smiling. Whiteman is wearing a dark colored suit and patterned tie.
Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman looking to the side and smiling while resting his hands on an NBC microphone in a recording studio. Whiteman is wearing a light colored suit.
Paul Whiteman and Dave Dexter
Paul Whiteman and Dave Dexter talking with an unidentified man. Whiteman is wearing a pinstripe suit and Dexter is wearing a tweed jacket.
Paul Whiteman and Dave Dexter
Paul Whiteman and Dave Dexter standing against a recording studio wall and looking at each other while smiling. Whiteman is wearing a pinstripe suit and Dexter is wearing a tweed jacket.
Paul Whiteman and Mike Pingitore with unidentified musicians
Paul Whiteman standing fourth from left and Mike Pingitore standing second from right in a recording studio with other unidentified musicians.
Pete Daily and his Chicagoans seated and standing with their instruments
Pete Daily and his Chicagoans seated and standing with their instruments. Standing in back are Dick Fisher holding a banjo, two unidentified men, Sleepy Kaplan, looking forward and holding a cigarette...
Pete Daily playing cornet
Publicity photo from the side of bandleader Pete Daily playing the cornet. Daily is wearing a white collared shirt and is looking up while playing,
Phil Spitalny
Publicity photo of Phil Spitalny sitting and looking to the side while holding a conducting baton in one hand. Spitalny is wearing a black tuxedo and white bowtie.
Publicity photo of Billy Butterfield
Headshot of Billy Butterfield turned slightly to the side and looking up. Butterfeild is wearing a tweed jacket and bowtie.
Publicity photo of Henry Busse playing trumpet
Publicity photo of Henry Busse turned to the side and playing trumpet while pointing it up in the air. Busse is wearing a white jacket and bowtie.
Ray Noble
Ray Noble turning to the side and smiling. Noble is wearing a black tuxedo and white bowtie.
Ray Noble
Publicity photo of Ray Noble looking forward and smiling in strongly contrasting lighting. Noble is wearing a black tuxedo and white bowtie.
Rudy Vallée and Paul Whiteman
Rudy Vallée and Paul Whiteman sitting at a table and playing with a toy note generator. Vallée is looking down and adjusting the machine while Whiteman holds a hand to his ear and looks up.
Scene from the 20th Century Fox Production "Kitten on the Keys"
Harry James turning to the side and playing his trumpet in a publicity photo for the film "Kitten on the Keys." James is wearing a dark suit and tie with polka dots.
Scene from the 20th Century Fox Production "Kitten on the Keys"
Headshot of Harry James facing to the side and holding his trumpet in a publicity photo for the film "Kitten on the Keys." James is wearing a dark suit and tie with polka dots.
Scene from the 20th Century Fox Production "Kitten on the Keys"
Harry James looking forward and playing trumpet in a publicity photo for the film "Kitten on the Keys."
Victor Young
Victor Young standing next to an ABC microphone near a studio wall, holding one arm up and talking. Young is wearing a light colored button shirt and a black sweater vest.