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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

André Previn

Image

Headshot of André Previn looking to the side with a neutral expression. Previn is wearing a light colored suit jacket and patterned tie.

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

Andy Russell and Paul Weston with the Pied Pipers

Image

Andy Russell (standing, center) and Paul Weston (seated at piano) in a recording studio with the Pied Pipers. Members standing left to right include...

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

Armed Forces Radio Service featuring comedians

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Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, and Jack Benny wearing suits and making facial expressions during a comedy...

Date Published
1941
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

Artur Rubinstein

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Artur Rubinstein playing the piano and looking down at the piano keys. Rubinstein is wearing a dark suit and tie.

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

Artur Rubinstein

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Artur Rubinstein playing the piano and looking down at the piano keys. Rubinstein is wearing a dark suit and tie.

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

Artur Rubinstein

Image

Artur Rubinstein photographed from the side playing piano in a studio. Rubinstein is looking down at the piano and is moving his hands over the keys...

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

Artur Rubinstein

Image

Artur Rubinstein photographed from above playing the piano and looking down at the piano keys. Rubinstein is wearing a dark suit and tie.

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

Artur Rubinstein

Image

Artur Rubinstein sitting on a piano bench looking down at the keys of a piano while holding his hands above the keys. Rubinstein is wearing a dark...

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

Artur Rubinstein

Image

Artur Rubinstein photographed from the side playing piano in a studio. The piano lid is open and there is no music on the piano. Rubinstein is looking...

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

Artur Rubinstein and Catherine McLeod

Image

Catherine McLeod and Artur Rubinstein playing a piano together. McLeod is sitting and playing with her right hand. Rubinstein is standing behind...

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

Artur Rubinstein and Catherine McLeod

Image

Catherine McLeod and Artur Rubinstein playing a piano together. McLeod is looking down at the piano and smiling. Rubinstein is looking at McLeod's...

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

Artur Rubinstein and Catherine McLeod

Image

Artur Rubinstein playing piano in a studio with Catherine McLeod standing next to the piano. Rubinstein and McLeod are looking at each other and...

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

Band playing on stage

Image

Unidentified band (trumpet player, two saxophonists, drummer, pianist) playing onstage as part of the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller (third from the left) at a table with four unidentified African American women, an unidentified African American man, and speaking with...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a long white dress

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Bettye Miller on stage wearing a long white dress with floral accents. Facing the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in a white dress

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Bettye Miller posing on stage in a white dress with floral elements. Facing the camera.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

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Bettye Miller (left) and three unidentified women seated around a table at a club. All but one looking at the camera. The two women on the right have...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller in a light colored dress with long gloves and smoking a cigarette seated at a table in an unidentified club with an unidentified woman...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bob Cooper, Stan Kenton, June Christy, Vido Musso, Henry "Boots" Mussulli, and Bob Gioga

Image

Sitting left to right at a dining table are Bob Cooper, an unidentified man, Stan Kenton, June Christy, Vido Musso, Henry "Boots" Mussulli, and Bob...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Zurke

Image

Bob Zurke sitting at a piano and looking down at music spread across the top of the piano. Zurke is holding one arm on top of the music and is wearing...

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

Buddy Cole playing piano

Image

Buddy Cole photographed from the side playing piano during a rehearsal. Cole is facing forward and smiling. Two unidentified musicians are in the...

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

Carmen Cavallaro

Image

Headshot of Carmen Cavallaro facing forward with head turned to the side. Cavallaro is wearing a tweed suit and patterned tie.

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

Carmen Cavallaro seated at piano

Image

Carmen Cavallaro photographed from above seated at piano and looking up. Cavallaro is wearing a patterned jacket, resting one arm on the piano and the...

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

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  • Pianists
  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (147)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (13)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (9)
  • Don Tiff Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • Performance photo with note on verso (1)

Types

  • photographs (171)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (171)
  • Gelatin silver prints (171)
  • Portrait photographs (158)
  • Snapshots (103)
  • Publicity photographs (64)
  • Group portraits (48)
  • Film stills (4)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • (-) 1941-1950 (171)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (94)
  • African American jazz musicians (78)
  • Composers (46)
  • Men, White (22)
  • Jazz musicians, White (20)
  • Piano (20)
  • African American men (19)
  • African American women (9)
  • Band directors (9)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (9)
  • Gifted children (6)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • African American children (4)
  • Boys (4)
  • Conductors (Music) (4)
  • Actresses (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Actors (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Sheet music (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • Academic costume (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Champagne (Wine) (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Comedians (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Gospel singers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Students (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • (-) Pianists (171)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (7)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (3)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Kenton, Stan (31)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (17)
  • Rubenstein, Artur, 1887-1982 (14)
  • Durrett, Warren (13)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (12)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (8)
  • Sullivan, Joe, 1906-1971 (8)
  • Dexter, Dave (7)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (6)
  • Robinson, Sugar Chile, 1940- (6)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Garner, Erroll (4)
  • Liggins, Joe (4)
  • Scharf, Walter, 1910-2003 (4)
  • Weston, Paul, 1912-1996 (4)
  • McLeod, Catherine, 1921-1997 (3)
  • Christy, June, 1925-1990 (2)
  • Dameron, Tadd, 1917-1965 (2)
  • Hammond, John, 1910-1987 (2)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (2)
  • Jenkins, Gordon (2)
  • Norman, Gene (2)
  • Rose, David, 1910-1990 (2)
  • Sanders, Joe, 1896-1965 (2)
  • Tatum, Art, 1909-1956 (2)
  • Allen, Fred, 1896-1955 (1)
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (1)
  • Burke, Sonny, 1914-1980 (1)
  • Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989 (1)
  • Cole, Buddy (1)
  • Cooper, Bob, 1925-1993 (1)
  • Daniels, Howard (1)
  • Dennis, Matt, 1914-2002 (1)
  • De Rivel, Moune (1)
  • Dorn, Philip, 1905-1975 (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Durante, Jimmy, 1893-1980 (1)
  • Garland, Red (1)
  • Gibson, Harry (1)
  • Gioga, Bob, 1903-1999 (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Heywoood, Eddie, 1915-1989 (1)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (1)
  • Jackson, Edward (Vocalist) (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Johnson, James P. (James Price) 1894-1955 (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957 (1)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (1)
  • Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964 (1)
  • Miller, Johnny (Double bassist) (1)
  • Monk, Thelonious (1)
  • Moore, Oscar (1)
  • Musso, Vido (1)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (1)
  • Napoleon, Teddy (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Previn, André, 1929- (1)
  • Rodgers, Gene (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Salisbury, George, 1918-1986 (1)
  • Sherman, Jimmy (1)
  • Simms, Ginny (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Slack, Freddie (1)
  • Strayhorn, Billy (1)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (1)
  • Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 (1)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (1)
  • Warren, Harry, 1893-1981 (1)
  • Wiggins, Gerald (1)
  • Williams, Billy, 1910-1984 (1)
  • Williams, Ira (Vocalist) (1)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (1)
  • Wilson, Don, 1900-1982 (1)
  • Yancey, Jimmy, 1898-1951 (1)
  • Zurke, Bob, 1912-1944 (1)

Events

  • Strand Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (109)
  • 1941 (67)
  • 1950 (51)
  • 1946 (10)
  • 1943 (8)
  • 1944 (8)
  • 1945-11-15 (6)
  • 1942 (2)
  • 1943-11-01 (2)
  • 1945-11 (2)
  • 1949 (2)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1943-10-18 (1)
  • 1943-11-16 (1)
  • 1945-05-16 (1)
  • 1945-08-03 (1)
  • 1945-10-10 (1)
  • 1946-04-22 (1)
  • 1946-04-26 (1)
  • 1946-05-06 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1979 (1)

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