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Artur Rubinstein and Kenneth Glancy

Image

Classical pianist Artur Rubinstein and RCA Records president Kenneth Glancy sitting at a dining table talking. Rubinstein is holding one hand to his...

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

Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs

Image

Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs standing against a studio wall and smiling. Basie is wearing a light colored suit and looking to the side. Wallichs is...

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

Count Basie hamming it up with Buck Clayton, Esme Sarnoff, and John Hammond

Image

Buck Clayton, Esme Sarnoff and John Hammond laughing while Count Basie hams it up.

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

Dave Dexter and Count Basie

Image

Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936...

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

Dave Dexter, John Hammond, Count Basie, and Sonny Burke

Image

In Hollywood, in 1946, Count Basie smokes his pipe and enjoys the company of his supporters Dave Dexter, Jr., the writer and record producer; John...

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

Don Miller, Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, Mike Warren, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen

Image

Engineer Don Miller, and musicians Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, Mike Warren, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, stand as a group and...

Date Published
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Don Miller, Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, Mike Warren, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen

Image

Engineer Don Miller, and musicians Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, making bunny ears over Mike Warren's head, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a...

Date Published
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Duke Ellington and Al Jarvis

Image

Al Jarvis and Duke Ellington seated at a table looking at music. Jarvis is holding the music in his hand.

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

Duke Ellington and Dave Dexter

Image

Dave Dexter and Duke Ellington sitting at a table with KLAC microphones before a broadcast of "Can You Tie That." Dexter is leaning forward and...

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

Duke Ellington and Dave Dexter

Image

Duke Ellington and Dave Dexter looking at music on piano in studio. Dexter is leaning over Ellington who is wearing a pinstripe suit and seated at the...

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

Duke Ellington and Dave Dexter

Image

Dave Dexter standing over Duke Ellington while leaning forward and looking down. Ellington is sitting at the piano wearing a pinstripe suit and...

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

Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, John Hammond, and Count Basie

Image

Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, and John Hammond standing behind a piano and leaning forward. Count Basie is seated at the piano facing outward and smiling.

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

Paul Weston, Dave Dexter, Peggy Lee, and Gene Norman

Image

Paul Weston, Dave Dexter, Peggy Lee, Gene Norman, and two unidentified men at a studio table with microphones hanging overhead. Weston is sitting at...

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

Vladimir Horowitz and Kenneth Glancy

Image

The celebrated pianist Vladimir Horowitz is shown signing the contract which marks his return to RCA as an exclusive recording artist. Horowitz...

Date Published
September-16-1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • Pianists
  • Sound recording executives and producers

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (11)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (14)

Genres

  • Group portraits (13)
  • Black & white photographs (12)
  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Snapshots (12)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Color photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (9)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 2001-2010 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (11)
  • African American men (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Percussionists (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Socialites (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Pianists (14)
  • (-) Sound recording executives and producers (14)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (2)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (2)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (7)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (5)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (4)
  • Hammond, John, 1910-1987 (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (2)
  • Glancy, Kenneth, 1924-1999 (2)
  • Miller, Don (Sound engineer) (2)
  • Norman, Gene (2)
  • Stewart, Ray (Percussionist) (2)
  • Warren, Michael (Drummer) (2)
  • Burke, Sonny, 1914-1980 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989 (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (1)
  • Rubenstein, Artur, 1887-1982 (1)
  • Sarnoff, Esme (1)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (1)
  • Weston, Paul, 1912-1996 (1)

Events

  • "New Africa Suite" (2004 : Overland Park, Kan.) (2)

Date Published

  • 1945 (5)
  • 1946 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 2004 (2)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1975-05 (1)
  • 1975-09-16 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)

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