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"Joe Liggins Leader of the Famous Honeydrippers"

Image

Headshot of Joe Liggins leaning forward and smiling. Liggins is wearing a white suit and patterned tie.

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

"Stuff" Smith

Image

Publicity photo of "Stuff" Smith holding a violin under one arm and looking forward while smiling. Smith is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

375th Army Service Forces Band

Image

The 375th Army Service Forces Band (Buck Clayton, seated, far right) posing with all their instruments in New York.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Al Casey playing guitar

Image

Al Casey leaning back and seated with his legs crossed in a studio with a piano in the background. Casey is playing the guitar on his lap and looking...

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

Al Casey, Dave Dexter, Horace Henderson, and Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett

Image

Al Casey, Dave Dexter, Horace Henderson, and Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett sitting shoulder to shoulder against a studio wall. All are leaning forward and...

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

Al Jarvis and Duke Ellington

Image

Al Jarvis looking at music with Duke Ellington. Jarvis is holding music for "We'll Be Together Again" and looking down while Ellington looks at the...

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

Al Sears

Image

Al Sears sitting and looking at a music stand while playing a saxophone. Sears is wearing a vest and tie.

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

Alice Coltrane

Image

Headshot of Alice Coltrane looking forward and sitting at the piano. Coltrane is wearing a light colored blouse and scarf.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy

Image

Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy posing on stage for a photo. Musicians include Mary Lou Williams at the piano, John Harrington holding a...

Date Published
February-16-1934
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service featuring Bill Moore Four

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Bill Moore Four performing in studio. The saxophonist stands center singing into a microphone with...

Date Published
March-04-1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service featuring Bill Moore Four

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Bill Moore Four performing in studio. Six musicians stand in a studio holding their instruments and...

Date Published
March-04-1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Arnett Cobb playing saxophone

Image

Arnett Cobb photographed from a low angle looking forward and playing a saxophone into a microphone. Cobb is wearing a light suit and tie and with...

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

Art Blakey

Image

Headshot of Art Blakey turtleneck sweater and looking to the side.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Art Tatum

Image

Art Tatum playing piano in a recording studio with unidentified people in the background watching. Tatum is looking ahead and smiling, wearing a light...

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

Art Tatum

Image

Art Tatum playing a piano while looking up and smoking a cigarette. Tatum is wearing a plaid suit jacket.

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

B.B. King

Image

Publicity photo of B.B. King playing guitar on stage. King is holding one arm up in the air and looking to the side with eyes closed.

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

B.B. King tasting broccoli

Image

"Blues singer B. B. King is hardly blue as he sizes up the broccoli he sets a' simmering during his guest spot on the premiere program of "Feeling...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Baby Dodds playing drums

Image

A photograph from above of Baby Dodds playing drums during a studio session. Dodds is seated and looking down while holding drum sticks up.

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

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard

Image

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard laughing and talking in a recording studio. Brown is holding a double bass and shaking...

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

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Oscar Levant, and Slim Gaillard

Image

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Oscar Levant, and Slim Gaillard standing shoulder to shoulder. All are wearing dark suits and smiling. Gaillard is holding...

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

Barney Bigard and musicians rehearsing

Image

Ed Garland playing bass, Barney Bigard playing clarinet, Dave Dexter looking down and smiling, Zutty Singleton (drummer) looking to the side and...

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

Barney Bigard and musicians rehearsing

Image

Ed Garland playing bass, Barney Bigard playing clarinet, Dave Dexter looking down and smiling, Zutty Singleton (drummer) standing and grinning, Norman...

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

Barney Bigard and musicians rehearsing

Image

Bud Scott playing guitar, Ed Garland playing bass, Shorty Haughton playing trombone, Barney Bigard playing clarinet, Fred Washington seated and...

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

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Image

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra posing on stage for a group photo. Fourteen musicians are wearing light colored suits and a dark handkerchief...

Date Published
1930
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Carter

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Benny Carter playing trumpet up in the air with one hand pointing up. Carter is wearing a tuxedo with bowtie.

Date Published
November-26-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (277)
  • 1931-1940 (73)
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  • 1961-1970 (34)
  • 1951-1960 (17)
  • 1981-1990 (9)
  • 1921-1930 (7)

Subjects

  • Pianists (126)
  • Jazz musicians (92)
  • African American men (87)
  • Saxophonists (57)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (52)
  • Trumpet players (35)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (28)
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  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (464)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (11)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (4)
  • New York (N.Y.) (3)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

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  • Bigard, Barney (5)
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  • Lee, Julia, 1902-1958 (5)
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  • Hancock, Herbie, 1940- (4)
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  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (4)
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  • Webster, Paul, 1909-1966 (2)
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  • Allen, Moses, 1906-1983 (1)
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  • Levant, Oscar, 1906-1972 (1)
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  • Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964 (1)
  • Lyons, Jimmy (1)
  • Martin, Dean, 1917-1995 (1)
  • McCann, Les, 1935- (1)
  • McGriff, Jimmy (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Miller, Bill, 1915-2006 (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Monk, Thelonious (1)
  • Moore, Johnny, 1906-1969 (1)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (1)
  • Nanton, Tricky Sam, 1904-1946 (1)
  • Navarro, Fats, 1923-1950 (1)
  • Norman, Gene (1)
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  • Potter, Tommy, 1918-1988 (1)
  • Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (1)
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  • Purnell, Keg, 1914-1965 (1)
  • Rae, Bob (1)
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  • Reid, Rufus (1)
  • René, Leon, 1902-1982 (1)
  • Rigney, Bill, 1918-2001 (1)
  • Roach, Max, 1924-2007 (1)
  • Robinson, Les, 1914-2005 (1)
  • Rodgers, Gene (1)
  • Rollins, Sonny (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Rustin, Alice Betty (1)
  • Shriner, Herb, 1918-1970 (1)
  • Simmons, John, 1918-1979 (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Smith, Otis (Musician) (1)
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  • Trumbauer, Bill, 1923-1978 (1)
  • Tumino, John B., 1911-2001 (1)
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  • Withers, Bill, 1938- (1)

Events

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