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Al Jarvis, Dave Dexter, and Stan Kenton

Image

An unidentified man and Stan Kenton sitting at a table with a KLAC microphone. Al Jarvis an unidentified man, and Dave Dexter standing in the back...

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

Bob Cooper, Stan Kenton, June Christy, Vido Musso, Henry "Boots" Mussulli, and Bob Gioga

Image

Sitting left to right at a dining table are Bob Cooper, an unidentified man, Stan Kenton, June Christy, Vido Musso, Henry "Boots" Mussulli, and Bob...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Varney, Max Wayne, Bob Ahern, and Stan Kenton

Image

Bob Varney, Max Wayne, Bob Ahern, and Stan Kenton standing next to a lifeboat and talking at Miami Beach, Florida.

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

Dave Dexter and Stan Kenton

Image

Dave Dexter standing next to Stan Kenton in an office. Dexter is holding a pipe and Kenton is wearing a suit and striped tie. Both are laughing and...

Date Published
September-18-1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Hollywood Hucksters recording session for "Happy Blues"

Image

Hollywood Hucksters recording session for "Happy Blues." Dave Dexter, standing in the center of the room looking back, with Stan Kenton and Benny...

Date Published
May-29-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Hollywood Hucksters recording session for "Happy Blues"

Image

Hollywood Hucksters recording session for "Happy Blues." Dave Dexter, standing in the center of the room looking back, with Stan Kenton and Benny...

Date Published
May-29-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Stan Kenton and band members

Image

Stan Kenton standing in front of band members in a recording studio. Kenton is leaning over a music stand while the band members hold saxophones and...

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

Stan Kenton and June Christy with military officers

Image

Stan Kenton and June Christy (far right) talking with a group of military officers in a large hall with onlookers in the background. Christy is eating...

Date Published
October-18-1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Stan Kenton cutting a birthday cake

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Stan Kenton cutting a birthday cake in front of a group of unidentified people. Glenn Wallichs is standing next to Kenton (second from left).

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

Stan Kenton hugging June Christy

Image

Stan Kenton hugging June Christy. Both are seated on a bench in front of guitarist Bob Ahern, and an unidentified bassist, possibly during a...

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

Stan Kenton next to an unidentified man

Image

Stan Kenton standing next to an unidentified man holding the reins to a fake horse worn as a costume. Kenton is wearing a suit and pointing down at...

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

Stan Kenton speaking with an unidentified man

Image

Stan Kenton and an unidentified white woman speaking outdoors with an unidentified African American man in a Navy uniform. The enlisted man is holding...

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

Stan Kenton speaking with an unidentified man

Image

Stan Kenton sitting next to a turntable and speaking with an unidentified man who is leaning on the turntable.

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

Stan Kenton talking with two unidentified men

Image

Stan Kenton talking outdoors with two unidentified men Kenton is wearing a pinstripe suit and holding a cigarette in one hand.

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

Stan Kenton with fans

Image

Stan Kenton signing dollar bills for fans at the San Diego Naval Base. Kenton is wearing a pinstripe suit and crouching down while surrounded by...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Stan Kenton writing

Image

Stan Kenton leaning forward and writing at a desk. Two uniformed personnel stand behind the desk looking down and one unidentified man stands behind...

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

Stan Kenton, Martha Tilton, and Dave Dexter

Image

Stan Kenton, Martha Tilton, and Dave Dexter sitting at tables with microphones and water pitchers during a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio...

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

Stan Kenton, Martha Tilton, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis on broadcast of "Can You Tie That"

Image

Stan Kenton, Martha Tilton, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones in a tile studio for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC...

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

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (18)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (18)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Snapshots (18)
  • Portrait photographs (17)
  • (-) Group portraits (18)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (17)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (18)
  • Composers (9)
  • Pianists (9)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (7)
  • African American men (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • Women singers (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (6)
  • Christy, June, 1925-1990 (3)
  • Ahern, Bob (2)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (2)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (2)
  • Tilton, Martha (2)
  • Cooper, Bob, 1925-1993 (1)
  • Gioga, Bob, 1903-1999 (1)
  • Musso, Vido (1)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (1)
  • Varney, Bob (1)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (1)
  • Wayne, Max (1)
  • (-) Kenton, Stan (18)

Date Published

  • 1945 (11)
  • 1950 (7)
  • 1941 (6)
  • 1943 (2)
  • 1947-05-29 (2)
  • 1943-10-18 (1)
  • 1975-09-18 (1)

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