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Count Basie playing with Benny Goodman

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Angled photo of Count Basie playing piano with Benny Goodman playing clarinet. Goodman is standing over Basie and looking forward. Studio equipment is...

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

Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter

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Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter standing around a radio (or possibly a phonograph) looking down at a record in Dexter's hand at Basie's...

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

Postcard featuring Count Basie

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Count Basie postcard; Basie is photographed face on in a spotlight and he is casting a large shadow on the wall behind him.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Young Count Basie

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Portrait of a young Count Basie in a suit and tie; facing a little to the left.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • 1940
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (4)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (4)
  • Gelatin silver prints (4)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (3)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Postcards (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (1)
  • (-) Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (4)

Date Published

  • 1931 (2)
  • (-) 1940 (4)

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