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Babs Gonzales

Image

Babs Gonzales with a cigarette looking to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1960
1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Ben Webster, Eddie Barefield, and another man on 52nd Street

Image

Ben Webster joking around with Eddie Barefield and an unidentified African American man holding a beer and cigarette outside the Famous Door on 52nd...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie and Nancy Elliott

Image

Count Basie seated with a cigarette in front a dressing room mirror in which Nancy Elliott can also be seen taking the photo.

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Django Reinhardt

Image

Django Reinhardt looking down while playing a guitar. Reinhardt is smoking a cigarette and wearing a tweed suit jacket.

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

Ed Dix and friend in a boat

Image

Ed Dix and an unidentified white man in a boat on the lake. Both are shirtless, wearing hats, and the unidentified man is smoking a cigarette. Both...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Eddie and Milt at the bar

Image

Eddie Condon with a cigarette seated with Milt Hinton at a bar in Aspen, Colorado.

Date Published
September-1965
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jeannie Morris with Helen Dorn and unidentified man

Image

Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified white man in a white jacket holding a cigarette and Helen Dorn of the New Jersey Jazz Society...

Date Published
May-19-1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham and friend

Image

Jimmy Cheatham seated next to an unidentified African American man in a suit and smoking a cigarette in the booth of a restaurant in New York City...

Date Published
August-1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Man watches Jay McShann playing piano at Fat Tuesday's

Image

Jay McShann playing piano at Fat Tuesday's bar with an unidentified smoking African American man looking on from a table behind McShann; a pair of...

Date Published
March-17-1983
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Nat Pierce and Billy Taylor

Image

Portrait of Nat Pierce and Billy Taylor embracing outside. Pierce has a lit cigarette in one hand. Both looking at the camera.

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

Patty Tucker, Marilyn Maye, Carol Johnston, and others in a recording studio

Image

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and two unidentified white men in a recording studio. The three women are looking at music on a music...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Photobooth photo of Bob Brookmeyer with a cigarette

Image

Photobooth photo of Bob Brookmeyer with a cigarette in his mouth and making a face.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Photobooth photo of Bob Brookmeyer with a cigarette

Image

Photobooth photo of Bob Brookmeyer holding a cigarette and making a face.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Sammy Kaye smoking

Image

Headshot of Sammy Kaye leaning forward and smiling. Kaye is wearing a checkered suit and open collared suit while holding a cigarette.

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

Warren Durrett and others at the piano in a recording studio

Image

High-angle shot of Warren Durrett seated at the piano in a recording studio, four unidentified white men behind him, one holding a cigarette. Two...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett and others at the piano in a recording studio

Image

Low-angle shot of Warren Durrett seated at the piano in a recording studio, four unidentified white men behind him, one holding a cigarette. Two...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Cigarette smokers
  • Jazz musicians

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • Ed Dix Collection (3)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (3)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (3)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (16)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (12)
  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Group portraits (11)
  • Snapshots (11)
  • Portrait photographs (5)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Promotional photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (4)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Men, White (11)
  • Jazz musicians, White (10)
  • African American jazz musicians (8)
  • African American men (6)
  • Cigarettes (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Band directors (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (3)
  • Sound studios (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Ashtrays (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Boats and boating (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Drinking glasses (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Lakes (1)
  • Mirrors (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • (-) Cigarette smokers (16)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (16)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Aspen (Colo.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Dorn, Helen (1)
  • Elliott, Nancy Miller (1)
  • Gonzales, Babs (1)
  • Hinton, Milt (1)
  • Johnston, Carol (Singer) (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Maye, Marilyn (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Pierce, Nat (1)
  • Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953 (1)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (1)
  • Tucker, Patty (Singer) (1)
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)

Date Published

  • 1960 (4)
  • 1941 (3)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1938 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1965-09 (1)
  • 1969 (1)
  • 1969-08 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1979 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1983-03-17 (1)
  • 1984-05-19 (1)
  • 1990 (1)

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