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Benny Carter playing saxophone in rehearsal

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Benny Carter facing forward and looking to the side while playing saxophone, possibly in a rehearsal. In the background are several musicians playing...

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

Benny Carter seated by his instruments

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Benny Carter seated, holding music, and looking up while talking. At his feet are a trumpet, saxophone, and clarinet on stands.

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

Benny Carter wearing wool suit

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Benny Carter seated and looking forward while smiling. Carter is wearing a wool suit and holding a saxophone across his chest with one hand.

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

Benny Carter, Dave Dexter, Tommy Dorsey, unidentified man, and Al Jarvis on "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Tommy Dorsey, and an unidentified man standing behind Benny Carter and Al Jarvis. All are looking at Jarvis, seated next to a KLAC...

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

Dave Dexter, Coleman Hawkins, Buster Bailey, and Benny Carter

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Dave Dexter speaking with Coleman Hawkins, Buster Bailey, and Benny Carter in a studio. Dexter is looking down and holding a cigarette. Hawkins is...

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

Xavier Cugat, Benny Carter, and Dave Dexter on "Can You Tie That"

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Xavier Cugat, Benny Carter, two unidentified men (standing in background), and Dave Dexter seated at tables with microphones and water pitchers for...

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

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  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (6)

Types

  • photographs (6)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Snapshots (3)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (6)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (4)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • Conductors (Music) (3)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (3)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Violinists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (3)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Cugat, Xavier, 1900-1990 (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • (-) Carter, Benny (6)

Date Published

  • 1950 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • (-) 1945 (6)

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