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Advertising a Basie performance

Image

A sign at an unidentified venue advertising a performance of the Count Basie Orchestra with Pearl Bailey.

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

Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs

Image

Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs standing against a studio wall and smiling. Basie is wearing a light colored suit and looking to the side. Wallichs is...

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

Count Basie performing

Image

Count Basie seated at a piano. Likely Jo Jones on drum set behind Count Basie.

Date Published
1931
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie, Jerry Wald, Billy Rogers, and Dave Dexter on "Can You Tie That"

Image

Count Basie, Jerry Wald, Billie Rogers, and Dave Dexter looking forward and seated at a table with microphones, water pitchers, and paper, for a...

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

Count Basie, Jo Jones and Walter Page performing

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Count Basie seated playing piano with Jo Jones playing drums and Walter Page playing bass; all are looking over the left side of the photo; sheets of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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

Dave Dexter and Count Basie playing cards

Image

Dave Dexter and Count Basie play cards with two unidentified musicians. Dexter is second from right, crouching on a box and looking to the side. Basie...

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

Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs

Image

Dave Dexter, Count Basie, Glenn Wallichs, and unidentified man looking over documents. Dexter is looking forward with his hand on Basie's shoulder...

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

Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs

Image

Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs facing forward and posing shoulder to shoulder for a photo. Dexter is wearing a wool suit and tie, Basie...

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

Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter with unidentified group

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Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter with an unidentified group in a music hall. Hines is standing sixth from left, wearing a suit jacket and...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harry "Sweets" Edison, Count Basie (seated), Jimmy Powell, and "Lucky" Thompson

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Harry "Sweets" Edison playing trumpet, Jimmy Powell playing clarinet, Count Basie (seated) playing piano, and Eli "Lucky" Thompson playing saxophone...

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

Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey

Image

Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey (left to right) standing in a semi-circle...

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

Symphony Sid [Sid Torin], Count Basie, Earl Hines, and Dave Dexter

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Symphony Sid [Sid Torin], Count Basie, Earl Hines, and Dave Dexter walking down stairs. All are wearing suits and smiling.

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

Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton

Image

Tommy Dorsey holding a trombone and looking down. Dorsey is standing next to Count Basie and Lionel Hampton, both playing a vibraphone in a studio.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1950
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (10)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)
  • Group portraits (13)
  • Snapshots (12)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Film negatives (1)
  • Safety film negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (11)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (10)
  • Jazz musicians (8)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (7)
  • African American men (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Trombonists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (6)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (3)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (2)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (2)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (2)
  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (1)
  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (1)
  • Durbin, Deanna (1)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Hapmton, Lionel (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Powell, Jimmy, 1914-1994 (1)
  • Rogers, Billie (1)
  • Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995 (1)
  • Symphony Sid (1)
  • Thompson, Lucky, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 (1)
  • (-) Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (15)

Date Published

  • 1945 (9)
  • 1941 (5)
  • 1931 (1)
  • (-) 1950 (15)

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