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Publicity photo of "Stuff" Smith holding a violin under one arm and looking forward while smiling. Smith is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.
Publicity photo of "Stuff" Smith holding a violin under one arm and looking forward while smiling. Smith is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.
Tamara Lewis; Jimmie Carson; Joe McCutcheon with Teddy Weatherford; newspaper clippings about the fight in the Canidrome Ballroom that resulted in...
Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy posing on stage for a photo. Musicians include Mary Lou Williams at the piano, John Harrington holding a...
Publicity photo from the side of Benny Carter playing trumpet up in the air with one hand pointing up. Carter is wearing a tuxedo with bowtie.
Publicity photo of Benny Carter seated at an angle and looking forward. Carter is wearing a tuxedo with bowtie and holding a saxophone in one hand on...
Headshot of Cab Calloway smiling with a wide, open mouth and looking up.
Charles "Cootie" Williams photographed from the side playing trumpet in front of an unidentified musician. Williams is holding a mute in the trumpet...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams standing in front of a wooden barn. Williams is wearing a dark jacket and looking forward.
Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Monday, April 11, 1938, featuring Count Basie and His Orchestra along with Jimmy...
Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie playing piano while looking down and smiling. Basie is wearing a tuxedo.
Count Basie shaking hands with Joe Belford at the Roseland Ballroom. Basie is smiling and looking up. Belford is wearing a pinstripe suit and...
Count Basie Orchestra members in performance including (left) Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, and Jack Washington playing saxophone; Freddie Green playing...
Count Basie and Harry "Sweets" Edison performing on stage at the Apollo Theater.
Dave Dexter, Andy Kirk, and an unidentified man standing together drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. Dexter is wearing a vest and looking forward...
Pete Johnson, Dave Dexter, and Big Joe Turner during recording session for Decca Records "Kansas City Jazz" album produced by Dexter in New York City...
Left to right: Dave Dexter, wearing a pinstripe suit; jazz critic, Leonard Feather; Benny Carter, wearing a light suit and talking into a microphone...
Publicity photo of Dick Wilson holding a saxophone in both hands while looking down and smiling. Wilson is wearing a pinstripe suit and striped tie.
Headshot of Duke Ellington looking to the side. Ellington is wearing a dark suit and tie.
Publicity photo of Duke Ellington looking forward and smiling while standing against a wall with hands in his pockets. Ellington is wearing a tuxedo...
Publicity photo from the side of Duke Ellington sitting at the piano with hands on the keys. Ellington is wearing a tuxedo.
Publicity photo of Duke Garrette playing trumpet; caption reads: Duke Garrette Featured With Lionel Hampton's Orchestra.
Caricature of Earl Hines's head smiling with a bowtie. Drawn by George Wachsteter.