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Andy Russell

Image

Publicity photo of Andy Russell standing against a wall looking forward and smiling. Russell is wearing a black suit and patterned tie.

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

Andy Russell, Evelyn Gibson, and Jack Bailey

Image

Andy Russell presenting a bouquet of flowers to "Queen for a Day" Evelyn Gibson. Jack Bailey, emcee of the program, stands next to Gibson looking at...

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

Benny Goodman and an unidentified man at the Palladium

Image

Benny Goodman seated at a dining table at the Palladium in Hollywood, California, speaking with an unidentified white man. Goodman is holding a...

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

Billy May

Image

Angled publicity photo of Billy May playing trumpet. May is wearing a dark suit jacket.

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

Bobby Nichols and trumpet

Image

Publicity photo of Bobby Nichols looking to the side and holding a trumpet. Nichols is wearing a dark colored suit and patterned tie.

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

Brad Gowans playing a Valide

Image

"Not a trombone, but a "Valide" (half-valve, half, slide) is the instrument here being played by Brad Gowans in the March of Time film, "Night Club...

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

Brass section of an unidentified band

Image

Brass section of an unidentified band performing on stage with a microphone in the foreground. The musicians (all white men) are wearing suit jackets...

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

Carolyn Grey and Shorty Sherock

Image

Singer Carolyn Grey sitting on a stool and looking at music while smiling with Shorty Sherock standing behind her playing trumpet. In front is an NBC...

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

Count Basie's band

Image

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

Danny Polo playing clarinet

Image

Danny Polo, wearing a dark suit and striped tie, playing clarinet. In the foreground is a trumpet being played by a musician not shown in the photo.

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

Dave Dexter and Capitol Records staff recording an album

Image

Dave Dexter and unidentified Capitol Records staff (all white men) recording a Christmas album. Dexter is seated at the bottom right, playing...

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

Double image: Smiling woman with wind-blown hair; Warren Durrett and a man standing in suits

Image

Two images. Left; smiling unidentified white woman with wind-blown hair in a coat and a scarf standing in front of a building. Right; Warren Durrett...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Smiling woman; Warren Durrett with a smoking pipe

Image

Two images. Left: unidentified smiling white woman in a suit with her hands behind her back, standing by the side of a house. Right: Warren Durrett...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Warren Durrett and man in front of a house; woman and Warren Durrett in front of a house

Image

Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, standing next to an unidentified white man in a suit and tie, both of them with an arm bent, and...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Warren Durrett standing in front of an automobile; unidentified man standing in front of an automobile

Image

Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in sunglasses and a suit, one hand in his jacket pocket, standing in front of an automobile, which is in front of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Woman standing in front of an automobile; Warren Durrett and woman standing in front of an automobile

Image

Two images. Left: unidentified smiling white woman in a short sleeve shirt and a skirt, leaning back on an automobile, in front of trees. Right...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double of the same image: Warren Durrett standing next to an automobile

Image

Two of the same image: Warren Durrett in a suit standing next to the passenger's side door of an automobile, hand on the door. The vehicle is parked...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett 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 and others by a Greyhound bus

Image

A group of men (all white) pose for a picture outside of a Greyhound bus with a dog. Ed Dix seen in first standing row, third from the inside in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix as bandleader

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Ed Dix, Bob Brookmeyer with one other

Image

Ed Dix and Bob Brookmeyer sit and talk with an unidentified white man seated on the floor. A record player is set up against the wall next to...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Four Noteables

Image

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

Image

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

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  • Jazz musicians, White

Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (47)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (29)
  • Ed Dix Collection (20)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (103)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (103)
  • Gelatin silver prints (103)
  • Portrait photographs (64)
  • Snapshots (64)
  • Group portraits (43)
  • Publicity photographs (28)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Postcards (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (97)
  • 1951-1960 (2)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (103)
  • Men, White (95)
  • Women, White (35)
  • Jazz singers (20)
  • Big bands (15)
  • Trombonists (13)
  • Saxophonists (9)
  • Trumpet players (9)
  • Band directors (7)
  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • African American men (6)
  • Dwellings (6)
  • Automobiles (5)
  • Conductors (Music) (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Clarinetists (3)
  • Composers (3)
  • Drum set (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Band leaders (2)
  • Beaches (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (2)
  • Fur garments (2)
  • Jazz ensembles (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Ships (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Water (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Brass instrument players (1)
  • Brass instruments (1)
  • Buses (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Cemeteries (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cruise ships (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Phonograph (1)
  • Pipe smokers (1)
  • Plants, Potted (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Snow (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Television game show hosts (1)
  • Television programs (1)
  • Tobacco pipes (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Valide (Musical instrument) (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians, White (103)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (36)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (10)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (8)
  • Webb, Laura (5)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 (3)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (3)
  • Kenton, Stan (3)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Donahue, Sam (2)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (2)
  • Bailey, Jack (1)
  • Bauduc, Ray (1)
  • Cassidy, Beverly (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Duvivier, George (1)
  • Eberly, Bob (1)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (1)
  • Gibson, Evelyn (Game show contestant) (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gowans, Brad (1)
  • Grey, Carolyn, 1922- (1)
  • Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971 (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Jones, Myrna Lee (1)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Lamare, Nappy (1)
  • May, Billy (1)
  • Nichols, Bobby (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Noble, Ray, 1903-1978 (1)
  • Norvo, Red (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Pingitore, Mike (1)
  • Polo, Danny (1)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (1)
  • Sherock, Shorty, 1915-1980 (1)
  • Swingle, Kay (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (62)
  • 1945 (39)
  • 1951 (2)
  • (-) 1950 (103)

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