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Lunceford Quartette: Wilson, Young, Tompkins, Smith, Guitarist Al Norris

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Publicity photo featuring the Jimmie Lunceford Quartette performing on stage with guitarist Al Norris. Quartet members include Gerald Wilson, Trummy...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Members of the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra

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Members of the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra performing, including Earl Carruthers playing baritone saxophone, Joe Thomas playing tenor saxophone, Ted...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Sonny Greer, Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett, Willie Smith, and Albert Casey

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Sonny Greer, Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett, Willie Smith, and Albert Casey, all recording artists for Capitol Records, standing around a drum set in Los...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Willie Smith

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Willie Smith looking up and forward while standing in a recording studio and holding papers in his hands. Smith is wearing an overcoat.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • Black & white photographs
  • Smith, Willie, 1910-1967

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (4)

Types

  • photographs (4)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (4)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)

Subjects, People

  • Buckner, Ted, 1913-1976 (1)
  • Carruthers, Earl (1)
  • Casey, Al (1)
  • Catlett, Sid, 1910-1951 (1)
  • Greer, Sonny (1)
  • Norris, Al (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Tompkins, Eddie (1)
  • Wilson, Gerald, 1918-2014 (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)
  • (-) Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 (4)

Date Published

  • 1935 (2)
  • 1940 (2)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1945 (2)

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