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Ahmad Alaadeen and Don Miller relax during a recording session

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and engineer, Don Miller, sit among the recording equipment during a recording session for "New Africa Suite" at...

Date Published
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Al Casey, Dave Dexter, Horace Henderson, and Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett

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Al Casey, Dave Dexter, Horace Henderson, and Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett sitting shoulder to shoulder against a studio wall. All are leaning forward and...

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

Barney Bigard and musicians rehearsing

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Ed Garland playing bass, Barney Bigard playing clarinet, Dave Dexter looking down and smiling, Zutty Singleton (drummer) looking to the side and...

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

Barney Bigard and musicians rehearsing

Image

Ed Garland playing bass, Barney Bigard playing clarinet, Dave Dexter looking down and smiling, Zutty Singleton (drummer) standing and grinning, Norman...

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

Billie Holiday, Dave Dexter, Al Jarvis, an unidentified man, and Duke Ellington

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Billie Holiday, Dave Dexter, Al Jarvis, an unidentified man, and Duke Ellington sitting at a studio table with KFW microphones. Holiday is wearing a...

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

Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Dave Dexter

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Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Dave Dexter looking over music on the piano. Ellington is sitting at the piano, wearing a pinstripe suit. Holiday...

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

Buck Clayton and Jean-Marie Masse

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Buck Clayton with Jean-Marie Masse, creator of Hotclub Limoges.

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

Buck Clayton and Jean-Marie Masse pointing at records

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Buck Clayton and Jean-Marie Masse pointing at records in a record store.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton laughing about the conversation with Reverend John Gensel and John Hammond

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Buck Clayton laughing about the conversation with Reverend John Gensel and John Hammond.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton laughing with Jean-Marie Masse

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Buck Clayton laughing with Jean-Marie Masse in a record store.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton smiles for the photographer with John Hammond and Charles Delaunay

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Buck Clayton with John Hammond and Charles Delaunay.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton speaking with John Hammond, Jimmy Heath, among other unidentified people

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John Hammond speaking with Buck Clayton whose right arm is about the shoulders of possibly Jimmy Heath and other unidentified people.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Jean Marie Masse

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Buck Clayton standing by Jean Marie Masse in a group of people.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, George Avakian, Sammy Kaye and others judge a performance

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Buck Clayton seated on a judging panel with George Avakian, Sammy Kaye and an unidentified man with a crowd behind them.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, John Hammond, and Charles Delaunay smile for the photographer

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Buck Clayton ad John Hammond grin for the photograph with Charles Delaunay.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Nat Pierce, Harry Edison, and Jean-Pierre Vignola

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Buck Clayton seated outside of a restaurant, possibly in France, Quebec or Switzerland, with Nat Pierce, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Jean-Pierre Vignola...

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

Buck Clayton, Oleg Lundstrem, and George Avakian

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Buck Clayton, center, with Oleg Lundstrem and George Avakian leaning in for the photo and all staring directly ahead at the camera.

Date Published
January-1991
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Capitol Baseball Team

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Capitol Baseball Team posing for group photo wearing uniform shirts and caps with the letter 'C'. Dave Dexter is standing third from left in the back...

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

Coleman Hawkins and Dave Dexter

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Coleman Hawkins sitting on a sofa smiling and looking up at Dave Dexter who is sitting on the arm of the couch with legs crossed. Hawkins is wearing a...

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

Coleman Hawkins and Dave Dexter

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Coleman Hawkins and Dave Dexter sitting on wooden steps. Hawkins is wearing a pinstripe suit and holding a saxophone in his lap while looking forward...

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

Coleman Hawkins and Dave Dexter

Image

Coleman Hawkins sitting on wooden steps with Dave Dexter. Hawkins is wearing a pinstripe suit and holding a saxophone in his lap while looking up and...

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

Count Basie and Dave Dexter

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Count Basie and Dave Dexter sitting on a table against a wall. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and handing an envelope to Basie, who is wearing...

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

Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs

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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

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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 Andy Kirk

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Dave Dexter, Andy Kirk, and an unidentified man standing together drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. Dexter is wearing a vest and looking forward...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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  • African American jazz musicians
  • Sound recording executives and producers

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (52)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (15)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (71)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (67)
  • Gelatin silver prints (67)
  • Group portraits (67)
  • Snapshots (56)
  • Portrait photographs (48)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Film negatives (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Safety film negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (43)
  • 1931-1940 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (3)
  • 2001-2010 (3)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (26)
  • African American men (19)
  • Men, White (19)
  • Trumpet players (13)
  • Pianists (11)
  • Music critics (6)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Music journalists (4)
  • African American women (2)
  • Clergy (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Gifted children (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Percussionists (2)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Television talk show hosts (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Airports (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Baseball teams (1)
  • Baseball uniforms (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Luggage (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Sleep (1)
  • Socialites (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Television programs (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (71)
  • (-) Sound recording executives and producers (71)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Overland Park (Kan.) (3)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (2)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (45)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (15)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (10)
  • Hammond, John, 1910-1987 (9)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (6)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (5)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (4)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (4)
  • Lutcher, Nellie (4)
  • Masse, Jean-Marie (4)
  • Robinson, Sugar Chile, 1940- (4)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (4)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Bigard, Barney (3)
  • Carter, Benny (3)
  • Cavanaugh, Dave (3)
  • Lee, Julia, 1902-1958 (3)
  • Miller, Don (Sound engineer) (3)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (3)
  • Avakian, George (2)
  • Bowden, Norman (2)
  • Buckner, Milt (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (2)
  • Delaunay, Charles (2)
  • Dickenson, Vic (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
  • Edwards, Ralph, 1913-2005 (2)
  • Garland, Ed (2)
  • Gensel, John (2)
  • Haughton, Shorty (2)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (2)
  • Lovett, Baby (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Pease, Sharon (2)
  • Scott, Bud, 1890-1949 (2)
  • Stewart, Ray (Percussionist) (2)
  • Warren, Michael (Drummer) (2)
  • Washington, Freddie (2)
  • Alexander, Joe (Vocalist) (1)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Burke, Sonny, 1914-1980 (1)
  • Casey, Al (1)
  • Catlett, Sid, 1910-1951 (1)
  • Eckstine, Billy (1)
  • Fatool, Nick, 1915-2000 (1)
  • Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994 (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Gabler, Milt, 1911-2001 (1)
  • Grady, Joe (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Heath, Jimmy (1)
  • Henderson, Horace (1)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (1)
  • Johnson, Pete, 1904-1967 (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Kirby, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Lundstrem, Oleg, 1916-2005 (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Miller, Eddie, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Norman, Gene (1)
  • Parker, Doug (1)
  • Petersen, Holger, 1949- (1)
  • Pierce, Nat (1)
  • Price, Jesse, 1909-1974 (1)
  • Rae, Bob (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Sarnoff, Esme (1)
  • Sherock, Shorty, 1915-1980 (1)
  • Smith, Otis (Musician) (1)
  • Tumino, John B., 1911-2001 (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Vignola, Jean-Pierre (1)

Events

  • "New Africa Suite" (2004 : Overland Park, Kan.) (3)

Date Published

  • 1945 (29)
  • 1950 (24)
  • 1971 (9)
  • 1980 (9)
  • 1941 (7)
  • 1981 (6)
  • 1946 (4)
  • 1990 (4)
  • 2004 (3)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1940 (2)
  • 1944 (2)
  • 1947-11 (2)
  • 1952-12-31 (2)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1939 (1)
  • 1940-11-11 (1)
  • 1946-05-04 (1)
  • 1946-08-23 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1991-01 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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