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"Ordonians" dance band

Image

"Ordonians" dance band on stage during a performance at an officer's club in India. Musicians shown include Frank Oakley sitting at the piano, Jimmy...

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

Allan Reuss with guitar

Image

Allan Reuss playing guitar in a recording studio. Reuss is sitting on a stool and resting the guitar on his lap while looking forward and smiling.

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

Andy Russell

Image

Publicity photo of Andy Russell standing against a wall looking forward and smiling. Russell is wearing a black suit and patterned tie.

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

Andy Russell, Evelyn Gibson, and Jack Bailey

Image

Andy Russell presenting a bouquet of flowers to "Queen for a Day" Evelyn Gibson. Jack Bailey, emcee of the program, stands next to Gibson looking at...

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

Anita O'Day

Image

Headshot of Anita O'Day in a 3/4 turn looking up. O'Day is holding a finger to her lips and is wearing a white laced blouse.

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

Artie Malvin

Image

Angled headshot of Artie Malvin looking to the side and smiling. Malvin is wearing a pinstripe suit and polka dot tie.

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

Benny Goodman

Image

Headshot of Benny Goodman facing forward and looking to the side. Goodman is wearing glasses and a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

Benny Goodman and an unidentified man at the Palladium

Image

Benny Goodman seated at a dining table at the Palladium in Hollywood, California, speaking with an unidentified white man. Goodman is holding a...

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

Benny Goodman and clarinet

Image

Publicity photo of Benny Goodman seated and holding a clarinet across his chest with both hands. Goodman is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie without...

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

Benny Goodman playing clarinet

Image

Benny Goodman facing slightly to the side against a wall, wearing a tweed jacket, and playing clarinet with the bell up in a publicity photo for...

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

Benny Goodman posing with his clarinet

Image

Headshot of Benny Goodman seated and looking forward while smiling. Goodman is holding a clarinet up in on arm and is wearing glasses and a black...

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

Bill Walker and Warren Durrett, standing by the street in Newton, Kansas

Image

Upper-body photo of Bill Walker and Warren Durrett, both smiling, standing on the street in suits. Walker's eyes are closed, and Durrett has a pipe in...

Date Published
March-06-1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Bill Walker and Warren Durrett, standing on the street in Newton, Kansas

Image

Bill Walker and Warren Durrett, standing on the street in suits. Walker has both hands in his pockets, Durrett has one hand in his pocket and the...

Date Published
March-06-1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Billy Butterfield

Image

Publicity photo of Billy Butterfield seated and facing forward while smiling and wearing a pinstripe suit. Butterfield is holding his trumpet to his...

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

Billy Butterfield in recording session

Image

Billy Butterfield turned to the side and speaking into a studio microphone hanging overhead during a possible recording session. Butterfield is...

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

Billy Butterfield on radio with Pat O'Connor and Allan Wylie

Image

Billy Butterfield facing forward and playing trumpet while looking at music on a stand. Pat O'Connor and Allan Wylie are standing to the side looking...

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

Billy Butterfield playing trumpet

Image

Billy Butterfield facing forward and playing trumpet with unidentified musicians facing away from camera. Butterfield is in behind stands holding...

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

Billy Butterfield playing trumpet

Image

Billy Butterfield playing looking up and trumpet into a studio microphone hanging overhead. Butterfield is holding a plunger mute over the trumpet...

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

Billy Butterfield playing trumpet

Image

Billy Butterfield closing his eyes while playing trumpet. Butterfield is in a studio with a checkered tile floor and is wearing a white collared shirt...

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

Billy Butterfield playing trumpet in studio

Image

Billy Butterfield wearing a striped t-shirt and playing trumpet into a Capitol Records microphone hanging from the ceiling of a recording studio.

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

Billy Butterfield reading music and holding trumpet

Image

Billy Butterfield looking down to read some music in a studio while holding his trumpet. Behind Butterfield are music stands and a Capitol Records...

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

Billy May

Image

Angled publicity photo of Billy May playing trumpet. May is wearing a dark suit jacket.

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

Bobby Nichols and trumpet

Image

Publicity photo of Bobby Nichols looking to the side and holding a trumpet. Nichols is wearing a dark colored suit and patterned tie.

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

Brad Gowans playing a Valide

Image

"Not a trombone, but a "Valide" (half-valve, half, slide) is the instrument here being played by Brad Gowans in the March of Time film, "Night Club...

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

Brass section of an unidentified band

Image

Brass section of an unidentified band performing on stage with a microphone in the foreground. The musicians (all white men) are wearing suit jackets...

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

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  • Jazz musicians, White
  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (142)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (107)
  • Ed Dix Collection (22)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (1)
  • Don Tiff Collection (1)
  • Performance photo with note on verso (1)

Types

  • photographs (272)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (272)
  • Gelatin silver prints (271)
  • Portrait photographs (165)
  • Snapshots (158)
  • Group portraits (121)
  • Publicity photographs (95)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Christmas cards (1)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Drawings (1)
  • Greeting cards (1)
  • Illustrations (1)
  • New Year cards (1)
  • Postcards (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • (-) 1941-1950 (273)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (272)
  • Men, White (251)
  • Women, White (97)
  • Jazz singers (53)
  • Big bands (46)
  • Band directors (31)
  • Conductors (Music) (26)
  • Saxophonists (24)
  • Pianists (20)
  • Trumpet players (19)
  • Automobiles (16)
  • Trombonists (15)
  • Dwellings (14)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (13)
  • Piano (13)
  • Band leaders (10)
  • Buildings (9)
  • Clarinetists (9)
  • Composers (9)
  • Streets (8)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (7)
  • Drum set (6)
  • Microphone (6)
  • Saxophone (6)
  • African American men (5)
  • Airplanes (5)
  • Flight attendants (5)
  • Male singers (5)
  • African American jazz musicians (4)
  • Cigarette smokers (4)
  • Trombone (4)
  • Audiences (3)
  • Beaches (3)
  • Dinners and dining (3)
  • Native American women (3)
  • Parks (3)
  • Parties (3)
  • Radio broadcasters (3)
  • Violinists (3)
  • Academic costume (2)
  • Actors (2)
  • Clarinet (2)
  • College students (2)
  • Dormitories (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Fur garments (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Pipe smokers (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Ships (2)
  • Sunglasses (2)
  • Tobacco pipes (2)
  • Water (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • Airplaines (1)
  • Apartment houses (1)
  • Automobile trailers (1)
  • Baseball bats (1)
  • Bathing suits (1)
  • Beaches--Recreational use (1)
  • Beachgoers (1)
  • Bowling (1)
  • Brass instrument players (1)
  • Brass instruments (1)
  • Buses (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Cemeteries (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cornet players (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cruise ships (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Entertaining (1)
  • Evergreens (1)
  • Forests and forestry (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Hotel restaurants (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Jazz audiences (1)
  • Jazz ensembles (1)
  • Lakes (1)
  • Lawn chairs (1)
  • Living room furniture (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Luggage (1)
  • Lyricists (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Newspapers (1)
  • Outbuildings (1)
  • Parade floats (1)
  • Phonograph (1)
  • Plants, Potted (1)
  • Radio stations--Employees (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Snow (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Storefronts (1)
  • Teenage boys, White (1)
  • Television game show hosts (1)
  • Television programs (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Valide (Musical instrument) (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians, White (273)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (29)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (5)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (4)
  • Maryville (Mo.) (4)
  • Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho (3)
  • Estes Park (Colo.) (3)
  • Newton (Kan.) (3)
  • Swope Park (3)
  • Akron (Ohio) (2)
  • Wichita (Kan.) (2)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Cleveland (Ohio) (1)
  • Erie, Lake (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Oak Grove (Mo.) (1)
  • Secunderābād (India) (1)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (120)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (10)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (10)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (8)
  • Kenton, Stan (7)
  • Webb, Laura (7)
  • Tally, Jo Ann (6)
  • Dexter, Dave (5)
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 (5)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (5)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (5)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (4)
  • McIntyre, Hal, -1959 (4)
  • McKinley, Ray (4)
  • Bailey, Mildred (3)
  • Buret, Peggy (3)
  • Garrett, Barbara (3)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (3)
  • Klein, Manny, 1908-1994 (3)
  • Kyser, Kay (3)
  • Laur, Lois (3)
  • Lawther, Rene (3)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (3)
  • Cates, Opie, 1909-1987 (2)
  • Donahue, Sam (2)
  • Garber, Jan (2)
  • Gay, Ruth Anne (2)
  • Mason, Millie (2)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (2)
  • Pastor, Tony (2)
  • Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987 (2)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (2)
  • Singer, Jack (2)
  • Singer, Sylvia (2)
  • Stinson, Ray (2)
  • Tucker, Orrin (2)
  • Walker, Bill (2)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (2)
  • Wayne, Frances (2)
  • Adams, Helen (1)
  • Anthony, Al (1)
  • Bailey, Jack (1)
  • Bauduc, Ray (1)
  • Bonano, Sharkey (1)
  • Bouchon, Lester (1)
  • Brentari, John (1)
  • Bring, Lou (1)
  • Brown, Kathryn (1)
  • Buckner, Teddy, 1909-1994 (1)
  • Canova, Judy, 1913-1983 (1)
  • Cassidy, Beverly (1)
  • Chamberlain, Pauline (1)
  • Chaney, Jack (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Cooper, Bob, 1925-1993 (1)
  • Daily, Pete (1)
  • Darensbourg, Joe, 1906-1985 (1)
  • De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950 (1)
  • Eberly, Bob (1)
  • Eismeinger, Bob (1)
  • Fatool, Nick, 1915-2000 (1)
  • Feagans, Priscilla Ann (1)
  • Garland, Ed (1)
  • Gibson, Evelyn (Game show contestant) (1)
  • Glenn, Lloyd (1)
  • Goldberg, Edward (Doc) (1)
  • Gowans, Brad (1)
  • Grey, Carolyn, 1922- (1)
  • Hall, Minor, 1897-1959 (1)
  • Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971 (1)
  • Hazel, Monk, 1903-1968 (1)
  • Jones, Myrna Lee (1)
  • Lamare, Nappy (1)
  • Lane, Judy (Singer) (1)
  • LaVere, Charlie, 1910-1983 (1)
  • Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977 (1)
  • Malvin, Arthur (1)
  • Manne, Shelly (1)
  • Manone, Wingy (1)
  • Martin, Chink, 1886-1981 (1)
  • May, Billy (1)
  • Maye, Marilyn (1)
  • McHargue, Rosy, 1902-1999 (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Michaels, Jean (1)
  • Miller, Eddie, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Monroe, Vaughn, 1911-1973 (1)
  • Musso, Vido (1)
  • Napoleon, Teddy (1)
  • Nichols, Bobby (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Noble, Ray, 1903-1978 (1)
  • Norvo, Red (1)
  • O'Connor, Pat (Vocalist) (1)
  • O'Day, Anita (1)
  • Ory, Kid, 1886-1973 (1)
  • Pecora, Santo, 1902-1984 (1)
  • Pingitore, Mike (1)
  • Polo, Danny (1)
  • Pope, John (Musician) (1)
  • Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953 (1)
  • Reuss, Allan (1)
  • Riddick, Jeff (1)
  • Rooney, Mickey (1)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (1)
  • Safranski, Eddie, 1918-1974 (1)
  • Scott, Joy (1)
  • Secrest, Andy, 1907-1977 (1)
  • Sherock, Shorty, 1915-1980 (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Singer, Joyce (1)
  • Slack, Freddie (1)
  • Stewart, Buddy, 1922-1950 (1)
  • Swingle, Kay (1)
  • Talent, Ziggy (1)
  • Thow, George (1)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (1)
  • Van Asdell, Jimmy (1)
  • Van Eps, George (1)
  • Wells, Bob (Musician) (1)
  • Weston, Paul, 1912-1996 (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)
  • Whiting, Fred (Bassist) (1)
  • Winding, Kai (1)
  • Wylie, Allan (1)
  • Yukl, Joe, 1909-1981 (1)

Events

  • WDAF's Dixieland Jubilee (1949 : Los Angeles) (4)
  • Kangaroo Hop (1947 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Strand Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (119)
  • 1941 (115)
  • 1950 (97)
  • 1949 (29)
  • 1946 (10)
  • 1945-11-15 (9)
  • 1944 (5)
  • 1946-09 (5)
  • 1947-02-03 (5)
  • 1949-05 (5)
  • 1945-08-03 (4)
  • 1946-03-01 (4)
  • 1949-10-07 (4)
  • 1942 (3)
  • 1942-07-21 (3)
  • 1944-04 (3)
  • 1949-03-06 (3)
  • 1941-07 (2)
  • 1944-05 (2)
  • 1945-11 (2)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1905-04-28 (1)
  • 1941-05-18 (1)
  • 1941-08-09 (1)
  • 1941-12-18 (1)
  • 1942-11 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1944-05-01 (1)
  • 1944-05-31 (1)
  • 1944-11 (1)
  • 1945-11-01 (1)
  • 1945-11-30 (1)
  • 1946-01 (1)
  • 1946-06 (1)
  • 1946-06-01 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1947-04-25 (1)
  • 1947-10-24 (1)
  • 1947-12-01 (1)
  • 1949-03 (1)
  • 1949-05-16 (1)
  • 1979 (1)

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