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

Image

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

Ahmad Alaadeen at the Orchid Room

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen (Richard White) performing at the Orchid Room, 12th Street and Vine near The Paseo; Kansas City, MO. Ahmad closes his eyes as he blows...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ben Webster

Image

Ben Webster resting his left hand on his saxophone with his right hand out the window; no suit jacket and his fedora brim turned up.

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

Bill Stegmeyer playing saxophone

Image

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

Boots Mussulli

Image

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

Buck Clayton seated at a table with, from left to right, Red Richards, Russell "Big Chief" Moore, an unidentified girl, Buster Bailey, Kansas Fields

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Buck Clayton seated at a table with, from left to right, Red Richards, Russell "Big Chief" Moore, an unidentified girl, Buster Bailey, Kansas Fields.

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

Bumps Myers

Image

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

Image

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

Image

Charlie Parker playing saxophone; facing the left of the photo and wearing a plaid shirt and corduroy pants.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Charlie Parker playing saxophone

Image

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

Chuck Travis, featured with Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra

Image

Publicity photo for Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra, "The World's Greatest Tenor Saxophonist," featuring a headshot of Hawkins leaning forward and...

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

Coleman Hawkins assembling his saxophone

Image

Coleman Hawkins sitting on wooden steps and assembling his saxophone while smoking a cigarette. Hawkins is looking up and to the side, wearing a...

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

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

Image

Coleman Hawkins sitting and playing saxophone while looking down. Hawkins is wearing a dark suit and fedora.

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

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

Image

Coleman Hawkins standing against a wall, playing saxophone, and looking to the side. Hawkins is wearing a pinstripe suit and fedora.

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

Coleman Hawkins seated with saxophone

Image

Coleman Hawkins sitting on a couch, looking up and to the side while smiling. Hawkins is holding a saxophone on his lap and wearing a pinstripe suit...

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

Coleman Hawkins seated with saxophone

Image

Coleman Hawkins sitting on wooden steps with one arm resting on his lap and his head resting on his hand. Hawkins is wearing a pinstripe suit and...

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

Curtyse Foster in a publicity photograph

Image

Curtyse A. Foster, standing holding his saxophone in a signed promotional photograph. Handwritten next to his printed signature, "To my family."...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer portrait

Image

Bob Brookmeyer (left) and Ed Dix (right) pose for a photo in front of a giant heart decoration. Both are in suits and are looking ahead at the camera.

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

Ed Dix playing saxophone

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The Eddie Dix Orchestra performing on stage with Ed Dix standing playing tenor saxophone at the right. An unidentified white woman in a white dress is...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (30)
  • Ed Dix Collection (4)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (2)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Mclean Family Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (43)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (44)
  • Gelatin silver prints (44)
  • Portrait photographs (33)
  • Snapshots (24)
  • Group portraits (16)
  • Publicity photographs (13)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (40)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (30)
  • African American jazz musicians (22)
  • African American men (9)
  • Jazz musicians, White (9)
  • Men, White (9)
  • Big bands (4)
  • Saxophone (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • (-) Saxophonists (44)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 12th Street (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Paseo Boulevard (1)
  • Vine Street (1)

Subjects, People

  • Hawkins, Coleman (9)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (4)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (4)
  • Donahue, Sam (3)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (2)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (1)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (1)
  • Beneke, Tex (1)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Brown, Boyce, 1910-1959 (1)
  • Cassidy, Beverly (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Cochran, Phillip (1)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Erickson, Pat (1)
  • Fields, Kansas (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Haney, Pete (1)
  • Haymer, Herbie (1)
  • Hodges, Johnny (1)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Kriegsmann, James J. (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Moore, Russell, 1912-1983 (1)
  • Musso, Vido (1)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (1)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Potter, Tommy, 1918-1988 (1)
  • Richards, Red (1)
  • Rodgers, Gene (1)
  • Stegmeyer, Bill, 1916-1968 (1)
  • Stone, Butch (1)
  • Travis, Chuck, 1922-2005 (1)
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Whitfield, Joe (1)
  • Wilart, Fidalis (1)
  • Wilart, Vincent (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (32)
  • 1941 (9)
  • 1951 (1)
  • (-) 1950 (44)

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