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"Stuff" Smith

Image

Publicity photo of "Stuff" Smith holding a violin under one arm and looking forward while smiling. Smith is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

All about the fight at the Canidrome

Image

Tamara Lewis; Jimmie Carson; Joe McCutcheon with Teddy Weatherford; newspaper clippings about the fight in the Canidrome Ballroom that resulted in...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy

Image

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...

Date Published
February-16-1934
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Carter

Image

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.

Date Published
November-26-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Carter with saxophone

Image

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...

Date Published
November-26-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Cab Calloway

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Close-up headshot of Cab Calloway.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Cab Calloway smiling

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Headshot of Cab Calloway smiling with a wide, open mouth and looking up.

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

Charles "Cootie" Williams

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Charles "Cootie" Williams photographed from the side playing trumpet in front of an unidentified musician. Williams is holding a mute in the trumpet...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams standing in front of a wooden barn. Williams is wearing a dark jacket and looking forward.

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie and His Orchestra

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Monday, April 11, 1938, featuring Count Basie and His Orchestra along with Jimmy...

Date Published
April-11-1938
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Count Basie and his orchestra

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie playing piano while looking down and smiling. Basie is wearing a tuxedo.

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie and Joe Belford at Roseland Ballroom

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Count Basie shaking hands with Joe Belford at the Roseland Ballroom. Basie is smiling and looking up. Belford is wearing a pinstripe suit and...

Date Published
December-1936
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie Orchestra members in performance

Image

Count Basie Orchestra members in performance including (left) Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, and Jack Washington playing saxophone; Freddie Green playing...

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

Count Basie with Harry Sweets Edison

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Count Basie and Harry "Sweets" Edison performing on stage at the Apollo Theater.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Dave Dexter and Andy Kirk

Image

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

Dave Dexter, Big Joe Turner, and Pete Johnson

Image

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...

Date Published
November-11-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Leonard Feather, Benny Carter, and Milt Gabler

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Left to right: Dave Dexter, wearing a pinstripe suit; jazz critic, Leonard Feather; Benny Carter, wearing a light suit and talking into a microphone...

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

Dick Wilson

Image

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.

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

Duke Ellington

Image

Headshot of Duke Ellington.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Duke Ellington

Image

Headshot of Duke Ellington looking to the side. Ellington is wearing a dark suit and tie.

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

Duke Ellington

Image

Publicity photo of Duke Ellington looking forward and smiling while standing against a wall with hands in his pockets. Ellington is wearing a tuxedo...

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

Duke Ellington

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Copy of a signed portrait of Duke Ellington.

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Duke Ellington at the piano

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Publicity photo from the side of Duke Ellington sitting at the piano with hands on the keys. Ellington is wearing a tuxedo.

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

Duke Garrette Featured With Lionel Hampton's Orchestra

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Publicity photo of Duke Garrette playing trumpet; caption reads: Duke Garrette Featured With Lionel Hampton's Orchestra.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Earl Hines

Image

Caricature of Earl Hines's head smiling with a bowtie. Drawn by George Wachsteter.

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

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  • African American jazz musicians
  • 1931-1940

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (73)
  • Jay McShann Collection (9)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (5)
  • Betty Crow Collection (4)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (3)
  • Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom (2)

Types

  • photographs (96)
  • posters (1)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (92)
  • Gelatin silver prints (92)
  • Portrait photographs (78)
  • Publicity photographs (56)
  • Group portraits (35)
  • Snapshots (31)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Clippings (2)
  • Drawings (2)
  • Menus (2)
  • Pamphlets (2)
  • Scrapbooks (2)
  • Theater programs (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • Concert posters (1)
  • Illustrations (1)
  • Photomechanical prints (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Promotional photographs (1)
  • Reproductions (1)
  • Screen prints (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • (-) 1931-1940 (102)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (45)
  • African American men (33)
  • Pianists (26)
  • Saxophonists (14)
  • Conductors (Music) (8)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (8)
  • Double bassists (7)
  • Trumpet players (7)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Piano (5)
  • Composers (4)
  • Musical instruments (4)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (4)
  • African American women entertainers (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Double bass (3)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Ballrooms (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Keyboard players (2)
  • Menus (2)
  • Photographs (2)
  • Travelers (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Women jazz musicians (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American fraternal organizations (1)
  • African American women composers (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Arrangers (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Beggars (1)
  • Bottles (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Celebrities (1)
  • Dance music (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fireplaces--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Portraits (1)
  • Portraits, Group (1)
  • Postcards (1)
  • Record labels (1)
  • Rickshaws (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • (-) African American jazz musicians (102)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Shanghai (China) (5)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • 14th Street (1)
  • Central Street (1)
  • China (1)
  • Hawaii (1)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (8)
  • McShann, Jay (8)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (6)
  • Carter, Benny (5)
  • Dexter, Dave (5)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (5)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
  • Clayton, Derb (4)
  • Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952 (4)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (4)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (4)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (4)
  • Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 (4)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (3)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (3)
  • Johnson, Pete, 1904-1967 (3)
  • Ramey, Gene (3)
  • Tompkins, Eddie (3)
  • Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 (3)
  • Bowles, Russell, 1907-1991 (2)
  • Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 (2)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (2)
  • Crawford, Jimmy (2)
  • Crumbley, Elmer, 1908- (2)
  • Gould, Bud (2)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (2)
  • Henderson, Horace (2)
  • Kirby, John, 1908-1952 (2)
  • Mabane, Bob (2)
  • Norris, Al (2)
  • Oliver, Sy (2)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (2)
  • Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 (2)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (2)
  • Webster, Paul, 1909-1966 (2)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (2)
  • Allen, Moses, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Anderson, Ivie (1)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Baird, Taswell (1)
  • Belford, Joe (1)
  • Bruce, Harold (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Buckner, Ted, 1913-1976 (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Carney, Harry (1)
  • Carruthers, Earl (1)
  • Carson, Jimmie (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Courtney, Alan (1)
  • Douglas, Tommy, 1906-1965 (1)
  • Eckstine, Billy (1)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (1)
  • Evans, Herschel (1)
  • Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994 (1)
  • Fergenson, Harold (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Gabler, Milt, 1911-2001 (1)
  • Garrette, Duke (1)
  • Gottlieb, William P. (1)
  • Harrison, Jimmy, 1900-1931 (1)
  • Heywoood, Eddie, 1915-1989 (1)
  • Jackson, John (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Johnson, Murl (1)
  • Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 (1)
  • Kirby, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Lee, Julia, 1902-1958 (1)
  • Lewis, Tamara (Entertainer) (1)
  • Lovett, Baby (1)
  • McCutcheon, Joe (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Minor, Orville (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • René, Leon, 1902-1982 (1)
  • Sheffield, Leslie, 1910- (1)
  • Smith, Stuff (1)
  • South, Eddie, 1904-1962 (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Wachsteter, George, 1911-2004 (1)
  • Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Washington, Jack, 1910-1964 (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Williams, Cootie (1)
  • Williams, Honey Boy (1)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (1)
  • Wilson, Dick (1)
  • Wilson, Gerald, 1918-2014 (1)
  • Yancey, Jimmy, 1898-1951 (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)

Date Published

  • 1940 (56)
  • 1935 (42)
  • 1937 (11)
  • 1939 (9)
  • 1931 (8)
  • 1936 (4)
  • 1995 (4)
  • 2000 (4)
  • 1934 (2)
  • 1934-07-02 (2)
  • 1938 (2)
  • 1940-11-26 (2)
  • 1932 (1)
  • 1933-04-16 (1)
  • 1934-02-16 (1)
  • 1934-07-08 (1)
  • 1936-12 (1)
  • 1938-04-11 (1)
  • 1938-04-28 (1)
  • 1939-01 (1)
  • 1940-02 (1)
  • 1940-03 (1)
  • 1940-11-11 (1)
  • 1940-11-30 (1)
  • 1940-12-02 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1949 (1)

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