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Bob Strong

Image

Headshot of Bob Strong looking to the side and smiling. Strong is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Strong and his saxophone

Image

Publicity photo of Bob Strong resting a saxophone on one leg up on a chair. Strong is looking forward and smiling, wearing a patterned suit jacket.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Strong with his saxophone

Image

Publicity photo of Bob Strong playing a saxophone while looking to the side. Strong is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boyce Brown playing saxophone

Image

Boyce Brown looking down while seated and playing saxophone during a performance or rehearsal. Brown is wearing a dark jacket, vest, and tie. An...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

Image

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone; J.C Heard on drums with unidentified trumpet player.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie Orchestra members in performance

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Count Basie Orchestra members in performance including (left) Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, and Jack Washington playing saxophone; Freddie Green playing...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dick Wilson

Image

Publicity photo of Dick Wilson holding a saxophone in both hands while looking down and smiling. Wilson is wearing a pinstripe suit and striped tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Earle Warren

Image

Earle Warren playing saxophone on stage with unidentified musicians behind him. Warren is looking up and wearing a light colored tuxedo and black...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Frank Trumbauer

Image

Publicity photo of Frank Trumbauer sitting with a saxophone on his lap. Trumbauer is looking up and to the side, wearing a pinstripe suit and...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Freddy Martin conducting

Image

Publicity photo of Freddy Martin standing against a wall with arms stretching out in a conducting gesture. Martin is wearing a black tuxedo and white...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Glen Gray

Image

Publicity photo of Glen Gray, leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra, turned to the side and facing forward while smiling. Gray is wearing a pinstripe suit...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harry Carney playing clarinet

Image

Harry Carney wearing a striped suit and patterned tie, looking down while playing clarinet next to a Blue Network microphone.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jimmy Johnson and his band

Image

Jimmy Johnson and His Band against a wall mural; drum is also painted with a nature scene.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jimmy Noone playing clarinet

Image

Jimmy Noone playing clarinet with unidentified musicians in the background. Noone is holding the clarinet up to a CBS microphone and wearing a...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kenny Sargent, Casa Loma Orchestra

Image

Publicity photo of Kenny Sargent sitting on the back of a chair, looking forward, and smiling. Sargent is wearing a dark colored suit and tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Les Brown and his orchestra

Image

Publicity photo of Les Brown facing forward and looking to the side while smiling. Brown is wearing a light suit and striped tie.

Date Published
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Les Brown the Band of Renown

Image

Publicity photo of Les Brown seated next to an NBC microphone while smiling and looking forward. Brown is wearing a dark suit and tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Lester Young

Image

An unidentified musician holding an alto saxophone next to Lester Young who is playing a tenor saxophone. Both men are sitting on chairs in front of a...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Lester Young

Image

Lester Young playing saxophone. Young is holding the saxophone up and to the side while playing. Young is wearing a dark colored suit jacket.

Date Published
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Lucky Millinder and the Mills Blues Rhythm Band

Image

Publicity photo for Lucky Millinder and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band featuring Buster Bailey on clarinet with three other musicians.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Tex Beneke and his orchestra

Image

Headshot of Tex Beneke looking slightly away from camera, smiling and wearing a dark suit and tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • 1940
  • Saxophonists

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (19)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (21)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (21)
  • Portrait photographs (19)
  • Publicity photographs (13)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • Group portraits (4)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (18)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (16)
  • African American jazz musicians (8)
  • Men, White (7)
  • Jazz musicians, White (6)
  • Conductors (Music) (4)
  • Band leaders (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Banjoists (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) Saxophonists (21)

Subjects, People

  • Strong, Bob, 1902-1976 (3)
  • Brown, Les, 1912-2001 (2)
  • Warren, Earle (2)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (2)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Beneke, Tex (1)
  • Brown, Boyce, 1910-1959 (1)
  • Carney, Harry (1)
  • Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Heard, J. C. (James Charles), 1917-1988 (1)
  • Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1895-1944 (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Sargent, Kenny (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Trumbauer, Frank (1)
  • Washington, Jack, 1910-1964 (1)
  • Wilson, Dick (1)

Date Published

  • 1935 (15)
  • 1931 (2)
  • (-) 1940 (21)

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