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Count Basie and Art Tatum

Image

Count Basie and Art Tatum sitting at a piano together in front of a stage curtain. Basie is holding a cigarette in one hand and looking down. Tatum is...

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

Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs

Image

Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs standing against a studio wall and smiling. Basie is wearing a light colored suit and looking to the side. Wallichs is...

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

Count Basie, Jerry Wald, Billy Rogers, and Dave Dexter on "Can You Tie That"

Image

Count Basie, Jerry Wald, Billie Rogers, and Dave Dexter looking forward and seated at a table with microphones, water pitchers, and paper, for a...

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

Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Don Wilson

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Backstage at a broadcast to American soldiers over the Armed Forces Radio Service network in 1945 are Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel...

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

Dave Dexter and Count Basie playing cards

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Dave Dexter and Count Basie play cards with two unidentified musicians. Dexter is second from right, crouching on a box and looking to the side. Basie...

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

Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs

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Dave Dexter, Count Basie, Glenn Wallichs, and unidentified man looking over documents. Dexter is looking forward with his hand on Basie's shoulder...

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

Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs

Image

Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs facing forward and posing shoulder to shoulder for a photo. Dexter is wearing a wool suit and tie, Basie...

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

Harry "Sweets" Edison, Count Basie (seated), Jimmy Powell, and "Lucky" Thompson

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Harry "Sweets" Edison playing trumpet, Jimmy Powell playing clarinet, Count Basie (seated) playing piano, and Eli "Lucky" Thompson playing saxophone...

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

Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey

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Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey (left to right) standing in a semi-circle...

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

Symphony Sid [Sid Torin], Count Basie, Earl Hines, and Dave Dexter

Image

Symphony Sid [Sid Torin], Count Basie, Earl Hines, and Dave Dexter walking down stairs. All are wearing suits and smiling.

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

Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton

Image

Tommy Dorsey holding a trombone and looking down. Dorsey is standing next to Count Basie and Lionel Hampton, both playing a vibraphone in a studio.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • 1945
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (11)

Types

  • photographs (11)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (11)
  • Gelatin silver prints (11)
  • Group portraits (11)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Snapshots (10)
  • Film negatives (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Safety film negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (11)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (6)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Actors (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Trombonists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (5)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (3)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (3)
  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (2)
  • Hampton, Lionel (2)
  • Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995 (2)
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (1)
  • Durbin, Deanna (1)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (1)
  • Hapmton, Lionel (1)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (1)
  • Powell, Jimmy, 1914-1994 (1)
  • Rogers, Billie (1)
  • Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 (1)
  • Symphony Sid (1)
  • Tatum, Art, 1909-1956 (1)
  • Thompson, Lucky, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 (1)
  • Wilson, Don, 1900-1982 (1)
  • (-) Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (11)

Date Published

  • 1950 (9)
  • (-) 1945 (11)

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