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Count Basie's band

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Buck Clayton performing with the Basie band, Basie on piano, on a stage with a large drawing of a show girl behind them.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ed Dix as bandleader

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Ed Dix stands at the left holding a baton as bandleader for the big band set up next to him. The band members are all white, all men, except for the...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix lined up with four others

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Ed Dix (left) in a line in front of a microphone with four others (three white men, one white woman) and big band members behind them.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Four Noteables

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Promotional photograph from the torso up of the Four Noteables. Warren Durrett (left) , an unidentified white man (center), and Jim Hammer (right) in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Four Noteables performing with the Warren Durrett orchestra

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The Four Noteables performing on stage with the Warren Durrett Orchestra. They are comprised of an unidentified white man, Laura Webb, Durrett, and...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

In the spotlight

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Buck Clayton in the spotlight about to perform with an unnamed big band behind him.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jay McShann with his orchestra

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Jay McShann and his orchestra; (top row L-R) Bobby Hopkins, drums; Pete Anderson, bass; (bottom row L-R) David Newman (likely), clarinet or saxophone...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Laura Webb singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Laura Webb on stage in a shirt and long skirt, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett orchestra (all white men). Durrett is at...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Man singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Unidentified white man standing on stage singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. Durrett is at the piano back to the...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Man singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Unidentified white man standing on stage, holding sheet music, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. Durrett is at...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Man singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Unidentified white man playing alto saxophone, unidentified white man singing, and an unidentified white man playing trumpet into two microphones on...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Pete Haney playing saxophone with Jay McShann's Orchestra

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Pete Haney standing to play saxophone with the Jay McShann Orchestra; other musicians in the photo (L-R) Bobby Hopkins, drums, David Newman (likely)...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Playing in Count Basie's band

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Buck Clayton performing with the Count Basie's band.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Postcard for the Warren Durrett Orchestra with the Four Noteables

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Promotional postcard. Photo from waist up of Warren Durrett and two unidentified white men in black jackets and patterned ties, and Laura Webb wearing...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Saxophonist soloing with the Warren Durrett orchestra

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Unidentified white man playing tenor saxophone with the Warren Durrett orchestra, standing and playing in front of two microphones. Warren Durrett...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Singers with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Unidentified white man standing on stage singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. At the far end of the stage, an...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett performing with his orchestra

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Warren Durrett performing at an upright piano with his orchestra. A saxophone is resting above the keyboard, and the hammers and strings of the piano...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection
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  • 1950
  • Big bands

Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (10)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)
  • Ed Dix Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (17)
  • Gelatin silver prints (17)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Snapshots (9)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Postcards (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (14)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (17)
  • Jazz musicians, White (15)
  • Men, White (15)
  • Jazz singers (10)
  • Women, White (8)
  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • African American men (5)
  • Band directors (5)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • (-) Big bands (17)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (9)
  • Webb, Laura (4)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Cochran, Phillip (2)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (2)
  • Haney, Pete (2)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (2)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (2)
  • Whitfield, Joe (2)
  • Cassidy, Beverly (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (9)
  • 1941 (6)
  • (-) 1950 (17)

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