Publicity photo featuring the Jimmie Lunceford Quartette performing on stage with guitarist Al Norris. Quartet members include Gerald Wilson, Trummy Young, Eddie Tompkins, and Willie Smith.
Headshot of Miles Davis wearing a coat with fur collar and sunglasses that reflect the image of other people crossing the street.
Musicians' Protective Union, Local 627 Headquarters, located at 1823 Highland; Kansas City, Missouri. Two unidentified African American men sit on the front steps.
Otto Hardwick seated and facing forward while playing saxophone on a stage. Several unidentified musicians are playing in the background. Hardwick is wearing a suit and striped tie with a clarinet on...
Publicity photo of Philippé Wynne looking forward and smiling while holding a hat in the air. Wynne is wearing a three-piece suit, patterned tie, and a medallion on a gold chain.
Publicity photo of Louis Armstrong playing trumpet close to camera while holding handkerchief. Armstrong is facing away from the camera.
Host Ralph Edwards, Nellie Lutcher, and Milt Buckner on an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher
Ray Brown playing bass, Ella Fitzgerald singing into a microphone, and Dizzy Gillespie looking at Fitzgerald from the side during an outdoor performance.
Close-up photograph from below of Sidney Bechet wearing a striped suit and playing saxophone.
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...
Sonny Greer, Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett, Willie Smith, and Albert Casey, all recording artists for Capitol Records, standing around a drum set in Los Angeles studio. Greer is wearing a pinstripe suit...
Stan Kenton and an unidentified white woman speaking outdoors with an unidentified African American man in a Navy uniform. The enlisted man is holding his arms up towards Kenton and holding a piece of...
T.H. Holder's Orchestra posing for a group photo. All the musicians are standing and facing forward, wearing black tuxedos with a sash. All the instruments are in a pile at the center of the stage.
Taft Jordan sitting and playing trumpet with several unidentified musicians. Jordan is wearing a light colored suit and tie.
Thelonious Monk photographed from above playing piano and looking up while smiling. Monk is wearing a pinstripe suit, a beret, and thick rimmed glasses.
Tommy Potter playing double bass and Charlie Parker playing saxophone. Potter is close to the camera and Parker appears in between Potter and the neck of his instrument.
Wardell Gray, tenor sax man with Benny Goodman, gives out with some authentic bop at the Benny Goodman party at Stork (from photo caption).
