375th Army Service Forces Band
The 375th Army Service Forces Band (Buck Clayton, seated, far right) posing with all their instruments in New York.
The 375th Army Service Forces Band (Buck Clayton, seated, far right) posing with all their instruments in New York.
Benny Goodman facing slightly to the side against a wall, wearing a tweed jacket, and playing clarinet with the bell up in a publicity photo for...
"Paramount's Betty Hutton hid herself off to the Pacific Islands on an eight week entertainment barrage. She was assisted in her act by pretty...
Count Basie and Dave Dexter sitting on a table against a wall. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and handing an envelope to Basie, who is wearing...
Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and looking up, turning away from the piano...
Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at a white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and turning his head forward.
Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936...
Headshot of Ella Mae Morse looking forward and smiling. Morse is wearing a shiny dress with a large brooch.
Frank Sinatra on a radio broadcast with Gloria DeHaven. Sinatra and DeHaven are standing in front of a stage curtain. She is singing into an NBC...
Jane Frazee as she appears in the Columbia production "She's a Sweetheart" (from photo caption).
Jay McShann playing piano in a recording studio in Hollywood, California. The top of the piano is covered with music. McShann is looking forward and...
Angled publicity photo of Jimmy Dorsey wearing a tuxedo and playing clarinet for Warner Bros. First National Picture "Hollywood Canteen."
Louis Armstrong and Dave Dexter sitting at the piano. Armstrong is smiling and pointing to his trumpet while Dexter looks forward.
Louis Armstrong playing trumpet with one hand and embracing Lucille Wilson with the other. Wilson stand behind Armstrong and holds his legs.
Louis Armstrong and an unidentified woman sitting at the piano. Armstrong is smiling and holding his trumpet while the woman smiles and looks up.
Louis Armstrong wearing a white collared shirt and playing trumpet while looking up. A tall plant and light fixture are in the background.
Louis Armstrong wearing a white collared shirt and playing trumpet while facing to the side.
Louis Armstrong sitting at the piano holding a trumpet, smiling, and wiping his face with a handkerchief.
Louis Armstrong sitting at the piano holding a trumpet and wiping his face with a handkerchief.
Nat King Cole, Helen Humes, Herb Shriner, and Jimmie Lunceford standing around an Armed Forces Radio Service microphone, Cole is wearing a pinstripe...
Oscar Moore playing guitar and singing with Nat King Cole. Cole is playing the piano and singing with his eyes closed into a microphone hanging from...
Peggy Lee and the Capitol Jazzmen during a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Les Robinson playing alto saxophone, Eddie Miller...
Peggy Lee and the Capitol Jazzmen during a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Les Robinson playing alto saxophone, Eddie Miller...
Peggy Lee and the Capitol Jazzmen during a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Les Robinson playing alto saxophone, Eddie Miller...
Sammy Kaye receiving a prize from a Signal Oil executive. Kaye is looking down and smiling while the unidentified executive wearing a pinstripe suit...