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"Butch" Stone, Saxophonist with Les Brown and his Orchestra

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Headshot of "Butch" Stone looking up and to the side while smiling. Stone is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Al Sears

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Al Sears sitting and looking at a music stand while playing a saxophone. Sears is wearing a vest and tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Arnett Cobb playing saxophone

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Arnett Cobb photographed from a low angle looking forward and playing a saxophone into a microphone. Cobb is wearing a light suit and tie and with...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bill Stegmeyer playing saxophone

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Bill Stegmeyer standing and playing saxophone with an unidentified band. Stegmeyer is looking forward and wearing a light colored suit.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Haggart and Frank Trumbauer

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Double bassist Bob Haggart and saxophonist Frank Trumbauer looking over music in a recording studio. Haggart and Trumbauer are both looking down at a...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boots Mussulli

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Boots Mussulli standing and playing saxophone in front of several unidentified musicians. Mussulli is looking down while playing and wearing a white...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boyd Raeburn

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Boyd Raeburn and an unidentified man sitting in a studio by a microphone. Raeburn is wearing a checkered shirt and smiling at the other man who is...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boyd Raeburn

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Headshot of Boyd Raeburn looking to the side. Raeburn is wearing a light colored shirt and a patterned tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boyd Raeburn

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Angled headshot of Boyd Raeburn looking forward. Raeburn is wearing a light colored shirt and a patterned tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boyd Raeburn

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Headshot of Boyd Raeburn looking forward and smiling. Raeburn is wearing a light colored shirt and a patterned tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boyd Raeburn

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Headshot of Boyd Raeburn looking forward and smiling. Raeburn is wearing a light colored shirt and a patterned tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boyd Raeburn

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Headshot of Boyd Raeburn looking slightly to the side with a neutral expression and holding his hands in front. Raeburn is wearing a light colored...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boyd Raeburn

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Headshot of Boyd Raeburn looking to the side with a neutral expression. Raeburn is wearing a light colored shirt and a patterned tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buddy DeFranco, Flip Philips, and Bill Harris

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Buddy DeFranco playing clarinet, Flip Philips playing saxophone, and Bill Harris playing trombone in a Capitol recording studio.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bumps Myers

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Bumps Myers sitting in front of a table and playing saxophone. Myers is looking to the side and wearing a plaid shirt and fedora.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charlie Parker

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Charlie Parker looking to the side and smiling while holding a saxophone in one hand and resting his other hand on a drum. Parker is wearing a dark...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charlie Parker

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Charlie Parker looking to the side and laughing while holding a saxophone in one hand and leaning on a drum with the other. Parker is wearing a dark...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charlie Parker playing saxophone

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Charlie Parker playing saxophone and looking straight ahead. Parker is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charlie Ventura featured with Gene Krupa and his orchestra

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Publicity photo of Charlie Ventura standing against a wall, looking up, and smiling while holding a saxophone with both hands. Ventura is wearing a...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charlie Ventura featured with Gene Krupa and his orchestra

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Publicity photo of Charlie Ventura looking up and smiling while holding a saxophone on his lap with both hands. Ventura is wearing a light colored...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Chuck Travis, featured with Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra

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Publicity photo of Chuck Travis playing saxophone onstage. Travis is wearing a plaid suit and looking to the side.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Coleman Hawkins

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Headshot of Coleman Hawkins smiling and looking up and forward. Hawkins is wearing a suit and tie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Coleman Hawkins

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Publicity photo for Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra featuring photograph of Hawkins from the side, facing forward and smiling. Hawkins is wearing a...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Coleman Hawkins and Gene Rodgers

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Coleman Hawkins speaking with Gene Rodgers during a studio session. Hawkins is wearing a checkered suit, looking down at music and holding a saxophone...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra

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Publicity photo for Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra, "The World's Greatest Tenor Saxophonist," featuring Hawkins leaning to the side on one arm...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (89)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (91)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (91)
  • Gelatin silver prints (91)
  • Portrait photographs (86)
  • Snapshots (53)
  • Publicity photographs (38)
  • Group portraits (21)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (91)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (68)
  • African American jazz musicians (26)
  • Conductors (Music) (23)
  • Jazz musicians, White (16)
  • Men, White (15)
  • African American men (7)
  • Saxophone (5)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) Saxophonists (91)

Subjects, People

  • Hawkins, Coleman (9)
  • Raeburn, Boyd, 1913-1966 (7)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (5)
  • McIntyre, Hal, -1959 (5)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (4)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (4)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (4)
  • Trumbauer, Frank (4)
  • Donahue, Sam (3)
  • Beneke, Tex (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (2)
  • Matthews, Dave, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Miller, Eddie, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Pastor, Tony (2)
  • Phillips, Flip (2)
  • Ventura, Charlie (2)
  • Anthony, Al (1)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (1)
  • Brown, Boyce, 1910-1959 (1)
  • Brown, Les, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Brown, Pete, 1906-1963 (1)
  • Carney, Harry (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Cobb, Arnett, 1918-1989 (1)
  • Cooper, Bob, 1925-1993 (1)
  • Cugat, Xavier, 1900-1990 (1)
  • DeFranco, Buddy, 1923-2014 (1)
  • Erickson, Pat (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Hardwick, Otto, 1904-1970 (1)
  • Harris, Bill, 1916-1973 (1)
  • Haymer, Herbie (1)
  • Hodges, Johnny (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 (1)
  • Kriegsmann, James J. (1)
  • Lane, Lillian (1)
  • Magro, Joe (1)
  • Musso, Vido (1)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1895-1944 (1)
  • Plumb, Neely (1)
  • Potter, Tommy, 1918-1988 (1)
  • Robinson, Les, 1914-2005 (1)
  • Rodgers, Gene (1)
  • Sears, Al, 1910-1990 (1)
  • Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 (1)
  • Stegmeyer, Bill, 1916-1968 (1)
  • Stone, Butch (1)
  • Stulce, Fred (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Travis, Chuck, 1922-2005 (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Washington, Jack, 1910-1964 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (57)
  • 1950 (32)
  • (-) 1945 (91)

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