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Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey

Image

Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey talking with an unidentified man. Shaw is standing in the center holding his clarinet while looking down at a case held by...

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

Jimmy Dorsey, Dave Dexter, and Ed Flynn

Image

Ed Flynn, Jimmy Dorsey, Dave Dexter, and a group of unidentified people sitting together and listening to music. Flynn is sitting third from left...

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

Jimmy Dorsey, Dave Dexter, and Ed Flynn

Image

Jimmy Dorsey, Dave Dexter, Ed Flynn, and a group of unidentified people crowded together and laughing. Dorsey is standing on the left, looking forward...

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

Lauritz Melchior and Tommy Dorsey rehearsing on stage

Image

Lauritz Melchior, Metropolitan opera heroic tenor, and guest of Tommy Dorsey, emcee and trombone soloist of the RCA Show, as they rehearsed their...

Date Published
September-21-1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey

Image

Publicity photo of Tommy Dorsey playing trombone and Jimmy Dorsey playing saxophone. Both are wearing tuxedos. Tommy is standing above Jimmy.

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

Tommy Dorsey

Image

Publicity photo of Tommy Dorsey seated and holding a trombone while looking to the side. Dorsey is wearing black tuxedo.

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

Tommy Dorsey

Image

Publicity photo of Tommy Dorsey seated and turning forward while smiling. Dorsey is wearing a light colored jacket and tie.

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

Tommy Dorsey

Image

Headshot of Tommy Dorsey looking to the side and wearing a light colored jacket and tie.

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

Tommy Dorsey

Image

Headshot of Tommy Dorsey smiling and looking to the side. Dorsey is wearing a black tuxedo.

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

Tommy Dorsey and Pat Dane

Image

Tommy Dorsey and Pat Dane embracing in the back seat of a car. Dorsey is leaning back and kissing Dane's cheek.

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

Tommy Dorsey and Pat Dane kissing

Image

Tommy Dorsey kissing Pat Dane on the cheek while standing outdoors.

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

Tommy Dorsey in a crowd

Image

Tommy Dorsey standing in a crowd of unidentified people in a studio. Dorsey is turned to the side and talking.

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

Tommy Dorsey playing trombone

Image

King of Swing: Musical melodies to fit the taste of America's dancing feet, whether it's swing or sweet, are contributed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's...

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

Tommy Dorsey playing trombone on stage

Image

A photograph from below of Tommy Dorsey playing trombone on stage with unidentified musicians in the background. Dorsey is playing into a microphone...

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

Tommy Dorsey playing trombone on stage

Image

A photograph from the side of Tommy Dorsey playing trombone on stage with an unidentified musician in the background. Dorsey is wearing a tuxedo shirt...

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

Tommy Dorsey with trumpet

Image

Publicity photo of Tommy Dorsey holding a trombone and facing forward while looking to the side. Dorsey is wearing a light colored jacket and tie.

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

Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton

Image

Tommy Dorsey holding a trombone and looking down. Dorsey is standing next to Count Basie and Lionel Hampton, both playing a vibraphone in a studio.

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

With Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey

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Benny Goodman performing with Tommy Dorsey, Buck Clayton and Budd Johnson and others at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • Trombonists
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (17)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (18)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Portrait photographs (17)
  • Group portraits (12)
  • Snapshots (11)
  • Publicity photographs (6)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (17)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (17)
  • Jazz musicians, White (4)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Actresses (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) Trombonists (18)

Subjects, People

  • Dane, Patricia, 1919-1995 (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Flynn, Ed (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Johnson, Budd (1)
  • Melchior, Lauritz (1)
  • Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 (1)
  • (-) Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (18)

Date Published

  • 1945 (14)
  • 1950 (13)
  • 1946 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1945-09-21 (1)

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