Billie Holiday straightening a tie for Louis Armstrong in a publicity photo shoot in Hollywood, California. Armstrong is holding a trumpet in his...
Buck Clayton on stage playing trumpet with an unidentified bass player in New York.
Buck Clayton and Rex Stewart; New York.
Buck Clayton, trumpet with: Benny Morton, Jack Butler, Mezz Mezzrow, Max Kaminsky, Eddie Barefield, Cliff Jackson with microphone and the man seated...
Illinois Jacquet, Trummy Young and Buck Clayton performing in a row, on stage in New York.
Charles "Cootie" Williams playing trumpet on stage into a microphone in front of an unidentified musician. Williams is wearing a light colored suit...
Charles "Cootie" Williams standing behind a stand full of music and holding one arm out next to a Capitol Records microphone. Williams is looking to...
Coleman Hawkins on stage playing saxophone with an unidentified bass player in New York.
Coleman Hawkins on stage playing saxophone with Roy Eldridge, trumpet and unidentified bassist and pianist in New York.
In Hollywood, in 1946, Count Basie smokes his pipe and enjoys the company of his supporters Dave Dexter, Jr., the writer and record producer; John...
Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis on a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program in Los Angeles, California. Dexter and Cole are...
An unidentified African American male bass player and white male drummer performing on stage in New York.
Dave Dexter and Duke Ellington sitting at a table with KLAC microphones before a broadcast of "Can You Tie That." Dexter is leaning forward and...
Grunting and groaning like copulating goats in the fields, Erroll Garner enchants his audiences with his Satanic smile and lagging but swinging beat...
Erroll Garner in 1946, when he was playing his first engagement in Hollywood. The smiling Pittsburgh pianist performed nightly at the Suzy-Q night...
Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, and John Hammond standing behind a piano and leaning forward. Count Basie is seated at the piano facing outward and smiling.
Harry Warren leaning forward and looking up at Count Basie while holding a cigar. Basie is holding papers and hearing a pinstripe suit. Both are...
Shot from off stage of Helen Humes singing with Trummy Young, trombone, Buck Clayton, trumpet and unidentified bassist in New York.
Illinois Jacquet on stage with sunglasses playing saxophone with an unidentified bass player in New York.
Illinois Jacquet on stage playing saxophone with unidentified bassist and pianist seen.
Illinois Jacquet on stage playing saxophone with an unidentified bass player in New York.
Jimmy Lyons, Jimmy Bunn, and Kay Starr during a broadcast of the AFRS program "Jubilee." Lyons is standing on the left and looking down. Bunn is...
Buck Clayton lighting a cigarette and smiling; Kenny Kersey on piano with an unidentified group of musicians (African American and white).
Louis Armstrong playing trumpet over Billie Holiday's shoulder in a publicity photo shoot in Hollywood, California. Armstrong is wearing a suit and...
Louis Jordan, wearing a patterned suit and tie, holding a letter and standing to the left of an unidentified man in a photo still from the film "Swing...
