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Abe Lyman

Image

Headshot of Abe Lyman looking to the side and smiling. Lyman is wearing a white suit jacket and tie.

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

Ben Pollack

Image

Headshot of Ben Pollack looking to the side and smiling. Pollack is wearing a black suit jacket and patterned tie.

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

Benny Meroff

Image

Headshot of Benny Meroff turning forward and looking to the side while smiling. Meroff is wearing a light colored suit and dark tie.

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

Benny Meroff caricature

Image

Illustration of Benny Meroff conducting. Meroff is holding a conducting baton in one hand and pointing up with the other. The illustration is an...

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

Benny Strong

Image

Publicity photo of Benny Strong looking to the side with a neutral expression. Strong is wearing a pinstripe suit and checkered tie.

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

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

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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

Count Basie Orchestra members in performance

Image

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

Dean Hudson

Image

Publicity photo for Dean Hudson (that is, Marion Brown) and his orchestra featuring headshot of Hudson looking to the side and smiling. He is wearing...

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

Eddie Stone

Image

Headshot of Eddie Stone looking forward and smiling. Stone is wearing a tweed suit jacket and patterned bowtie.

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

Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra

Image

Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra performing on stage. The orchestra is arranged in a semi-circle on stage with ruffled curtains behind them and...

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

Henry Busse

Image

Headshot of Henry Busse turned to the side, facing forward, and smiling. Busse is wearing a white jacket and tie.

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

Henry King

Image

Headshot of Henry King looking forward and to the side while smiling. King is wearing a black tuxedo and white bowtie.

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

Louis Armstrong with his audience

Image

Louis Armstrong smiling and interacting with his audience of mostly white children while holding his trumpet; performing with Zutty Singleton, Bobby...

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

Michel Denis, Wild Bill Davis, and Dany Doriz

Image

Michel Denis, drums, with Wild Bill Davis, organ, and Dany Doriz, vibraphone.

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

Paul Mares

Image

Headshot of Paul Mares looking to the side and smiling. Mares is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

Portrait of the Rhythm Kings

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Portrait of the Rhythm Kings standing in a row turned to face the left and behind a banner with the band's name on it.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Publicity photo of Billy Butterfield

Image

Headshot of Billy Butterfield turned slightly to the side and looking up. Butterfeild is wearing a tweed jacket and bowtie.

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

Unidentified band

Image

An unidentified band (African American men with one white man) with an African American man holding a guitar at a microphone.

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

Wayne King

Image

Publicity photo of Wayne King looking forward and smiling with arms folded. King is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

Wingy Manone "The New Orleans Swing King"

Image

Publicity photo of "Wingy" Manone holding a trumpet in one hand and pointing up with his other hand. Manone is standing against a wooden wall, smiling...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1940
  • Jazz musicians, White

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (20)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (23)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (23)
  • Gelatin silver prints (23)
  • Portrait photographs (19)
  • Publicity photographs (18)
  • Group portraits (6)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Drawings (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (21)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (24)
  • Men, White (24)
  • Band leaders (7)
  • Conductors (Music) (6)
  • Saxophonists (6)
  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • African American men (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians, White (24)

Subjects, People

  • Strong, Bob, 1902-1976 (3)
  • Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 (2)
  • Meroff, Benny, 1901-1973 (2)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Busse, Henry, 1894-1955 (1)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (1)
  • Davis, Wild Bill, 1918-1995 (1)
  • Denis, Michel (Drummer) (1)
  • Doriz, Dany (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hackett, Bobby (1)
  • Hudson, Dean, 1913-1991 (1)
  • King, Henry (Conductor) (1)
  • King, Wayne, 1901-1985 (1)
  • Lyman, Abe, 1897-1957 (1)
  • Manone, Wingy (1)
  • Mares, Paul, 1900-1949 (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Pollack, Ben (1)
  • Sheffield, Leslie, 1910- (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Stone, Eddie (Singer) (1)
  • Strong, Benny, 1911- (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Washington, Jack, 1910-1964 (1)

Date Published

  • 1935 (19)
  • 1931 (4)
  • (-) 1940 (24)

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