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375th Army Service Forces Band

Image

The 375th Army Service Forces Band (Buck Clayton, seated, far right) posing with all their instruments in New York.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ben Webster plays

Image

Ben Webster playing saxophone with Buck Clayton in his military uniform seated behind him along with Leonard Gaskin, Tiny Grimes, and an unidentified...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in England

Image

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in suits and trench coats, standing on a street; Buck holding his trumpet and a handkerchief looking mischievous. Jimmy...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie and Dave Dexter

Image

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...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

Image

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...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

Image

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.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter and Count Basie

Image

Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Henry Snodgrass and Roy Hancock

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Henry Snodgrass in the backseat and Roy Hancock in the front seat of a car reading the newspaper.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jay McShann playing piano

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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...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jazz saxophonist, possibly Coleman Hawkins

Image

A close up photograph of possibly Coleman Hawkins, eyes closed, blowing into the saxophone, only reed and neck of saxophone shown.

Date Published
1944
1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Louis Armstrong and Dave Dexter

Image

Louis Armstrong and Dave Dexter sitting at the piano. Armstrong is smiling and pointing to his trumpet while Dexter looks forward.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong and Lucille Wilson

Image

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet with one hand and embracing Lucille Wilson with the other. Wilson stand behind Armstrong and holds his legs.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong and unidentified woman at piano

Image

Louis Armstrong and an unidentified woman sitting at the piano. Armstrong is smiling and holding his trumpet while the woman smiles and looks up.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet

Image

Louis Armstrong wearing a white collared shirt and playing trumpet while looking up. A tall plant and light fixture are in the background.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet

Image

Louis Armstrong wearing a white collared shirt and playing trumpet while facing to the side.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong sitting at the piano

Image

Louis Armstrong sitting at the piano holding a trumpet, smiling, and wiping his face with a handkerchief.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong sitting at the piano

Image

Louis Armstrong sitting at the piano holding a trumpet and wiping his face with a handkerchief.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Nat King Cole, Helen Humes, Herb Shriner, and Jimmie Lunceford

Image

Nat King Cole, Helen Humes, Herb Shriner, and Jimmie Lunceford standing around an Armed Forces Radio Service microphone, Cole is wearing a pinstripe...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Oscar Moore (guitar) and Nat King Cole (piano)

Image

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...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • 1944
  • African American jazz musicians

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (15)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)

Types

  • photographs (19)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (19)
  • Gelatin silver prints (19)
  • Portrait photographs (15)
  • Group portraits (11)
  • Publicity photographs (9)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (16)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (6)
  • Pianists (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • Piano (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Bands (Music)--Management (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (19)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (7)
  • Chelsea (London, England) (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (7)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (4)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Gaskin, Leonard (1)
  • Grimes, Tiny, 1916-1989 (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Moore, Oscar (1)
  • Ram, Buck (1)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (1)
  • Shriner, Herb, 1918-1970 (1)
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (1)

Date Published

  • 1958 (1)
  • (-) 1944 (19)

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