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Alice Hammond Goodman, Benny Goodman, Mannie Sacks, and Art Ford in WNEW studio

Image

Benny Goodman (second from left) takes over the mike from Art Ford, emcee of the WNEW "Milkman's Matinee" show, to start the ball rolling on "Benny...

Date Published
July-24-1946
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

Benny Goodman and his orchestra with Helen Ward Featured Vocalist

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Publicity photo of Helen Ward and Benny Goodman facing forward and smiling. Ward is wearing a satin dress and leaning against Goodman who is wearing a...

Date Published
1936
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman and Lawrence McLean

Image

Benny Goodman with Lawrence McLean in an office or studio. Goodman is holding a clarinet while looking forward. McLean is standing on the left. Both...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Mclean Family Collection

Benny Goodman and Lawrence McLean

Image

Benny Goodman and Lawrence McLean with two unidentified men in an office or studio. Goodman is playing a clarinet while looking forward. McLean is...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Mclean Family Collection

Benny Goodman with daughter Benjie

Image

Benny Goodman facing forward while holding his infant daughter Benjie who is sitting on the side of his arm. Benjie is looking forward. Goodman and...

Date Published
January-23-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman with daughter Benjie

Image

Benny Goodman photographed from the side holding his infant daughter Benjie up in both arms and smiling. Benjie has both arms raised and is looking up...

Date Published
January-23-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman with daughter Benjie and family dog

Image

Benny Goodman sitting on a lawn chair and holding his infant daughter Benjie in both hands while she plays with the family dog.

Date Published
January-23-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman with daughter Benjie and family dog

Image

Benny Goodman sitting on a lawn chair with his infant daughter Benjie cradled in one arm and the family dog held in the other. Goodman is looking down...

Date Published
January-23-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman with daughters Benjie and Rachel

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Benny Goodman leaning over a couch where his two daughters, Benjie and Rachel are sitting. Rachel is reading an issue of Capitol News while Benjie...

Date Published
January-23-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman with daughters Benjie and Rachel and family dog

Image

Benny Goodman sitting on a lawn chair holding his daughter Benjie in one arm and on his lap. Goodman's daughter Rachel sits on the arm of the chair...

Date Published
January-23-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman with Lawrence McLean

Image

Benny Goodman with Lawrence McLean in an office or studio. Goodman is holding a clarinet while looking forward. McLean is standing on the left. Both...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Mclean Family Collection

Buck Clayton and Phil Schaap note Goodman's passing

Image

Buck Clayton, in a white hat, with Phil Schaap, both holding newspapers (New York Post, Buck, and The Daily News, Phil) with headlines announcing the...

Date Published
June-1986
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Benny Goodman

Image

Benny Goodman with Buck Clayton; arms around each other and facing the camera.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie playing with Benny Goodman

Image

Angled photo of Count Basie playing piano with Benny Goodman playing clarinet. Goodman is standing over Basie and looking forward. Studio equipment is...

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

Danny Kaye leading band of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Louis Armstrong, and Lionel Hampton

Image

Danny Kaye performing with a band featuring Benny Goodman playing clarinet, Tommy Dorsey playing trombone, Charlie Barnet playing saxophone, Louis...

Date Published
1948
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman

Image

Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman talking to each other in front of a music stand. Goodman is holding a clarinet with both hands.

Date Published
January-23-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman

Image

Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman looking at music and making jokes. Dexter is looking down at a stand and holding onto music while Goodman holds his...

Date Published
January-23-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman

Image

Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman laughing and talking. Dexter is looking down and to the side. Goodman is looking at Dexter while holding a clarinet in...

Date Published
January-23-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Benny Goodman, and Gene Norman

Image

Dave Dexter, Benny Goodman, and Gene Norman looking over papers by a microphone in KFWB studio. Dexter is holding the paper and looking down. Goodman...

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

Dave Dexter, Benny Goodman, and Helen Forrest at DownBeat awards ceremony

Image

Dave Dexter speaking with Benny Goodman at a dining table in the Waldorf-Astoria during the 1939 DownBeat awards ceremony. Dexter is seated second...

Date Published
January-15-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Hollywood Hucksters recording session for "Happy Blues"

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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

Lou Levy, Benny Goodman, and John Pisano at Playboy Jazz Festival

Image

Lou Levy playing piano, Benny Goodman playing clarinet, John Pisano playing guitar, and an unidentified musician playing bass on stage at the Playboy...

Date Published
June-1979
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Milton Berle, Benny Goodman, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis on "Can You Tie That"

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Milton Berle, Benny Goodman, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones, pitchers of water, and paper during a recording of "Can You...

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

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (22)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • Mclean Family Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (26)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (29)
  • Gelatin silver prints (29)
  • Portrait photographs (24)
  • Snapshots (16)
  • Publicity photographs (9)
  • (-) Group portraits (29)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (21)
  • 1931-1940 (3)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (26)
  • Conductors (Music) (14)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (8)
  • Clarinetists (7)
  • Fathers and daughters (6)
  • African American jazz musicians (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (4)
  • Businessmen (3)
  • Comedians (3)
  • Dogs (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Radio programs (3)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Disc jockeys (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Newspapers (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Chicago (Ill.) (3)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (3)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (10)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
  • Berle, Milton (3)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (3)
  • McLean, Percy Lawrence, 1901-1958 (3)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (2)
  • Kenton, Stan (2)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Barnet, Charlie (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Ford, Art (1)
  • Forrest, Helen (1)
  • Goodman, Alice Hammond (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Kaye, Danny (1)
  • Levy, Lou (1)
  • Norman, Gene (1)
  • Pisano, John, 1931- (1)
  • Sacks, Mannie (1)
  • Schaap, Phil (1)
  • Ward, Helen, 1916-1998 (1)
  • (-) Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (29)

Date Published

  • 1947-01-23 (9)
  • 1941 (6)
  • 1945 (5)
  • 1950 (5)
  • 1947-05-29 (2)
  • 1936 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1940-01-15 (1)
  • 1946-07-24 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1955 (1)
  • 1979-06 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1986-06 (1)
  • 1990 (1)

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