Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis, unidentified white man, seated in a recording studio with two other unidentified white men and an unidentified white woman. Dexter, far left, is facing...
Dave Dexter helping Nellie Lutcher up from her seat at the piano during an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher. Ralph Edwards is standing behind Dexter and Milt Buckner is sitting behind...
Dave Dexter, host Ralph Edwards, Nellie Lutcher, and Milt Buckner on an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher. Dexter is speaking to Edwards with hands out and looking down. Edwards is...
Sharon Pease, Sugar Chile Robinson, and Dave Dexter at the piano. Pease is sitting on the piano bench and looking at music on the piano. Robinson is looking forward and playing the piano. Dexter is...
Dave Dexter, Sugar Chile Robinson, and Sharon Pease sitting at a piano. Dexter is on the left, looking to the side. Robinson is in the center, looking forward and smiling. Pease is on the right...
Doug Parker, Joe Grady, an unidentified women, and Billy Eckstine sitting around a table with an overhead microphone for a radio broadcast of the "950 Club" on WPEN. An unidentified woman stands...
Al Jarvis and Duke Ellington seated at a table looking at music. Jarvis is holding the music in his hand.
Dave Dexter and Duke Ellington sitting at a table with KLAC microphones before a broadcast of "Can You Tie That." Dexter is leaning forward and looking to the side. Ellington is looking forward and...
Duke Ellington and Dave Dexter looking at music on piano in studio. Dexter is leaning over Ellington who is wearing a pinstripe suit and seated at the piano.
Dave Dexter standing over Duke Ellington while leaning forward and looking down. Ellington is sitting at the piano wearing a pinstripe suit and looking to the side.
Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter with an unidentified group in a music hall. Hines is standing sixth from left, wearing a suit jacket and smiling. Basie is standing third from right, wearing a...
Ed Flynn, wearing a light suit and tie, and Benny Carter, wearing a tuxedo, seated on a couch. Dave Dexter is crouched next to Carter wearing a pinstripe suite and smiling.
Eddie Miller holding a saxophone, Barney Bigard (clarinetist) standing in back wearing a sweater jacket, Shorty Sherock holding a trumpet and looking down, Nick Fatool seated at the drums (behind...
Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, and John Hammond standing behind a piano and leaning forward. Count Basie is seated at the piano facing outward and smiling.
Glenn Wallichs (second to left) and Nat King Cole (second to right) with three unidentified men. All are wearing suits and ties and standing shoulder to shoulder looking forward.
Jesse Price, Dave Dexter, and Jay McShann smiling and standing in a close huddle in recording studio. Dexter has his hands on the shoulders of Price and McShann.
Joe Alexander and Dave Cavanaugh looking at music on a music stand in recording studio.
Julia Lee and Dave Dexter sitting at the piano in a recording studio with a microphone hanging overhead. Lee is looking down and smiling. Dexter is looking up and to the side.
Dave Dexter (front, left) with Vic Dickenson playing trombone, an unidentified man playing trumpet, Dave Cavanaugh playing saxophone, an unidentified man playing bass, Julia Lee playing piano, and...
Dave Dexter (front, left) with Vic Dickenson playing trombone, an unidentified man playing trumpet, Dave Cavanaugh playing saxophone, an unidentified man playing bass, Julia Lee playing piano, and...
Dave Dexter with Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends posing for a photo at a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Samuel "Baby" Lovett holding a snare drum, Vic Dickenson holding a trombone...
Dave Dexter (far left) and John Tumino (fourth from right) with Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends at a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Vic Dickenson holding a trombone, Samuel "Baby"...
Lionel Hampton speaking with Dave Dexter in a restaurant. Hampton is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie, looking directly at Dexter. Dexter is looking to the side with his hand in the air.
Nat King Cole sitting at piano talking with Johnny Mercer. Cole is facing to the side underneath a microphone. Mercer is leaning on the side of the piano.
Headshot of recording executive and musician Otis Smith. Smith is looking forward and smiling, wearing a light colored suit and black tie.
